Johannes Stumpf (mechanical engineer)

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Johannes Stumpf, 1907, photo by Rudolf Dührkoop

Johannes Stumpf , also Johann Stumpf , (born April 6, 1862 in Mülheim am Rhein , † November 18, 1936 in Berlin ) was a German mechanical engineer and university professor .

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From 1896 to 1930 Stumpf taught as a professor for power engineering at the Technical University (Berlin-) Charlottenburg . He helped the DC steam engine to make its breakthrough - especially in Germany. From around 1908, the more efficient direct current technology increasingly replaced the alternating current principle that had been common up until then. These machines were mainly used in shipbuilding and as traction engines .

Stump had been a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences since January 26, 1926 .

A street in Cologne-Buchheim is named after him.

Fonts

  • The direct current steam engine . Oldenburg, Munich 1911. (3rd edition, 1922.)

literature

  • The big Brockhaus . FA Brockhaus, Wiesbaden 1957, vol. 11, p. 307.
  • Werner Hartkopf: The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Its members and award winners 1700–1990 . Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1992, p. 354.

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personal data
SURNAME Stump, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stump, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mechanical engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Mülheim am Rhein
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1936
Place of death Berlin