Geoffrey Ballard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian geophysicist and businessman
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Place of Birth: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
About Geoffrey Ballard
- Geoffrey Ballard, CM, OBC (16 October 1932 – 2 August 2008) was a Canadian geophysicist and businessman.
- A longtime advocate of replacing the internal combustion engine, in 1979 Ballard founded what would become Ballard Power Systems to develop commercial applications of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEM).
- Acknowledged worldwide as the father of the fuel cell industry, Time named him a "Hero for the Planet" in 1999.
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