Hermann Beckmann (engineer)
Hermann Beckmann (born July 29, 1873 in Echem , † July 14, 1933 in Blankenburg (Harz) ) was a German electrical engineer.
Life
Beckmann received his doctorate in Tübingen in 1898 and then worked in the battery factories in Witten and Hagen. In 1908 he went to Milan before moving to Berlin in 1909. In 1926 he taught as a private lecturer for electrical accumulators at what was then the Technical University of Hanover. Hermann Beckmann published articles on electrical engineering and appeared as a keynote speaker at celebrations of associations and companies in the electrical industry.
His work on the history of technology on Johann Wilhelm Ritter , according to Beckmann the discoverer of the electric accumulator principle, and Heinrich Göbel are judged to be flawed today. In particular, Beckmann's commitment to Heinrich Göbel and the performance he attributed to the invention of the incandescent lamp on the basis of false assertions of fact are seen today as the main cause of the Göbel legend .
Hermann Beckmann studied in Berlin and received his doctorate in Tübingen. He began his career at the Linden electricity works and then switched to the Schulz accumulator works in Witten. The company later became part of Akkumulatoren Fabrik AG Hagen (AFA). In the 1920s Beckmann took over the management of the literary office of the AFA in Berlin. In 1926 he completed his habilitation and in 1930 he was appointed associate professor. As an inventor, he developed a microporous rubber as a new material for the production of accumulators. In his private life, Hermann Beckmann was committed to helping people injured during the First World War.
literature
- Friedrich Lohmann: Beckmann, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 727 ( digitized version ).
- TH Hannover (ed.): Catalogus Professorum. The teaching staff of the Technical University of Hanover 1831–1856 , Hanover: Technical University of 1956, p. 202
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Beckmann: The first electric light bulb. In: ETZ Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift - Organ des VDE , No. 47/48, November 29, 1923, pp. 1031-1034
- ^ Heinrich Goebel celebration in Springe am Deister. In: ETZ Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift - Organ des VDE , No. 41,10. October 1929, p. 1492
- ↑ Hans-Christian Rohde: The Göbel legend - the struggle for the invention of the light bulb. To Klampen, Springe 2007, ISBN 978-3-86674-006-8
- ↑ The companies VARTA and BAE emerged from the AFA .
- ↑ The electrical company AEG also operated a literary office in Berlin at that time. The following description of tasks is known for this department: The literary bureau is supposed to promote the interests of society in a more active way through the daily press and technical newspapers. Presumably the literary office of the AFA, headed by Beckmann, had a similar task.
- ↑ Main source: personal. H. Beckmann †. Obituary for Prof. Dr. Hermann Beckmann. In: ETZ Elektrotechnische Zeitung , No. 33, August 17, 1933, p. 809
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beckmann, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer, inventor and lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Echem |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1933 |
| Place of death | Blankenburg (Harz) |