On May 12, 2009, Luxembourg Post issued the personality stamp set features the famous person of their country. The person depicted on three postage stamps are Henri Owen Tudor, Charles Bernhoeft, and Foni Tissen.
Henri Owen Tudor
Henry Owen Tudor was born on 1859 in Rosport. Since a very young age, Henri Tudor was interested in electrical engineering and more particularly in lighting and in motors. Thomas Edison corresponded regularly with him and recommended the use of an accumulator to store energy during hours of low consumption and to redistribute this energy during hours of high consumption.
In 1881, Henri Tudor was still a student when he succeeded in building the first Tudor Accumulator which operated for 16 years without interruption. In 1884, Henri Tudor developed the energy car, a mobile accumulator-motor device for multi-purpose use: an electric motor for isolated farms, circuses, itinerant movie installations, military camps, etc.
