Frank William Peek Jr. (August 20, 1881, Mokelumne Hill, California[1] – July 27, 1933, near Gaspé, Quebec) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, known as a pioneer in engineering research on the creation of extremely high voltage electricity.
[5] Peek patented inventions related to electrical transmission, insulation, and protective devices.
He did fundamental research on laws of corona discharge, as well as transient phenomena and electrical transmission.
[6] He was awarded in 1923 the Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers[7] and in 1926 the Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute.
[9] In 1933, Frank and Merle Peek were on a trip to Canada when their automobile was struck by a locomotive at a grade-crossing — he was killed and she was injured.