Ernst Adolf Brauer

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Ernst Brauer (born June 3, 1851 in Dresden , † February 17, 1934 in Karlsruhe ) was a German professor of mechanical engineering.

Life

Ernst Adolf Brauer was born in Dresden in 1851 as the son of the music and art dealer Adolf Brauer. He studied in Dresden and at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg . He was a member of the Corps Altsachsen Dresden . From 1869 to 1873 he was employed by the Gröditz iron and steel works. From 1875 he was an assistant at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg. A year later he was appointed private lecturer. In 1883 he was appointed to succeed Philipp Waibler (1824–1902) at the Technical University of Darmstadt . Brauer was a professorship for mechanical engineering and was one of the founding fathers of mechanical engineering in Darmstadt.

From 1888 to 1892 Ernst Adolf Brauer was the dean of the mechanical engineering school. On February 24, 1892, he was dismissed from the Hessian civil service because he was transferred to the TH Karlsruhe as a full professor . There he was u. a. Director of the Mechanical Laboratory.

Ernst Brauer was rector of the TH Karlsruhe in 1899/1900. In 1919 he retired.

Fonts

Honors

  • Privy Councilor
  • 1921: Dr. Ing. Eh. of the TH Darmstadt

literature

  • Christa Wolf and Marianne Viefhaus: Directory of professors at TH Darmstadt . Darmstadt 1977, p. 28.
  • Manfred Hampe, Gerhard Pahl (ed.): On the history of mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt . Düsseldorf 2008, p. 1f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. Darmstadt 1928, p. 133.
personal data
SURNAME Brewer, Ernst Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brewer, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mechanical engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1934
Place of death Karlsruhe