Hermann Backhaus (electrical engineer)

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Hermann Emil Wilhelm Backhaus (born September 10, 1885 in Berlin ; † February 2, 1958 in Brühl ) was a German electrical engineer. From 1951 to 1952 he was rector of the Technical University of Karlsruhe .

Life

Backhaus was the son of the Berlin master mason Hermann Backhaus and his wife Elisabeth nee Große. After attending grammar schools in Berlin and Cologne , he successfully passed his school-leaving exams in 1904. He then studied at the University and the Technical University of Berlin until 1909. From 1909 to 1920 he was an officer in the military and took part in the First World War. His last rank was captain. He then worked as an engineer at the Siemens-Schuckert and received his doctorate in 1923 at the University of Jena to Dr. phil. The topic of his dissertation was about sieve chains and their connection to lines .

In 1928 Hermann Backhaus qualified as a private lecturer in applied physics at the University of Greifswald . In 1932 he was appointed full professor at the Technical University in Karlsruhe. In 1951 he became the rector of this university.

Works (selection)

  • About sieve chains and their connection to lines , Jena 1923.
  • Theory of acoustic vibrations , in: Hans Geiger, Karl Scheel (Ed.): Handbuch der Physik , Vol. VIII, Akustik, Berlin 1927, pp. 5–150.
  • The chair and the institute for theoretical electrical engineering and weak current mechanics , in: Friedrich Raab: The technical university Fridericiana Karlsruhe. Festschrift for the 125th anniversary , Karlsruhe 1950, p. 251.
  • The relationships between physical and physiological acoustics. Speech on the occasion of taking over the rectorate on January 13, 1951 (= Karlsruhe Academic Speeches, NF No. 9), Karlsruhe 1952.

Honors

  • 1955 honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Aachen.

family

On January 2, 1920, Hermann Backhaus married Dorothea nee Ottmann (* 1895), the daughter of the Ministerial Director Ernst Ottmann from Poznan. The two sons Hermann (* 1921) and Peter (* 1930) emerged from their marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Lübcke: Obituary Hermann Backhaus , in: Die Schalltechnik 18 (1958), No. 27 of May 11th.
personal data
SURNAME Backhaus, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Backhaus, Hermann Emil Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German electrical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1958
Place of death Bruehl (Baden)