Dietrich Müller-Hillebrand
Dietrich ("Dieter") Müller-Hillebrand (until 1921 Dietrich Müller ; born February 17, 1902 in Dieuze , † June 13, 1964 in Paris ) was a German electrical engineer and university professor.
Life
Müller-Hillebrand was a son of the Prussian officer Herman August John Eustace Müller (1859-1914) and Catherine (Cate) Margaret Jane Seliger (1865-1949) and brother of Lieutenant General Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand . He attended the Augustinerschule Friedberg and studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt . From 1925 he worked in Berlin at Siemens-Schuckertwerke as a test field and development engineer. In 1931 he was at the Technical University of Berlin with a thesis about the influence of thunderstorms on electric lines to Dr.-Ing. PhD.
In 1934 he was appointed chief engineer, took over the management of the technical department of the switchgear and developed explosion-proof and firedamp-proof devices. In 1935 he married Astrid Bengtsson (* 1909), the daughter of sea captain Olof Bengtsson. The couple had two daughters.
In 1946, after the end of the Second World War, Müller-Hillebrand went to Sweden and managed the factory of Svenska Siemens AB in Stockholm . In 1957 the Uppsala Universitet appointed him full professor and head of the Institute for High Voltage Research .
Thunderstorm research was one of his most important scientific activities . His work helped to better protect people and buildings from lightning strikes .
Fonts (selection)
- The dimensioning of surge arresters and their significance for the electrical safety level . Bucharest 1935
- Lightning protection of electrical systems . Bucharest 1936
- From the more recent development of switchgear for low-voltage systems . Berlin 1938
- Explosion tests of firedamp-protected electrical devices . Berlin 1939
- Basics of setting up electrical systems in potentially explosive companies . Berlin 1940
- The Formation of explosive vapor . Stockholm 1949
literature
- Lothar Schoen: Müller-Hillebrand, Dietrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 500 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reprint: ISBN 9783642901355
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller-Hillebrand, Dietrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Müller-Hillebrand, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German electrical engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dieuze |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1964 |
| Place of death | Paris |