John Jahn
John Jahn (born March 24, 1870 in Kyritz , † February 16, 1930 in Sopot ) was a German mechanical engineer and university professor.
Life
Jahn studied mechanical engineering at the technical universities in Berlin and Stuttgart . After taking the main diploma examination, he entered the Prussian state railway service and, as a government master builder, was appointed to the chair for railway engineering and steam boiler construction at the Technical University of Danzig , where he worked until his death. In 1925/26 he was rector of the TH Danzig.
Publications
- The steam locomotive in the development history of its overall structure (Berlin 1924, reprint 1976)
- The Run of Railway Vehicles through Curves of the Track (Berlin 1927)
literature
- Catalogus Professorum . In: Articles and documents on the history of the Gdansk University of Technology 1904-1945 . Hanover 1979, p. 140.
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| SURNAME | Jahn, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mechanical engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kyritz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1930 |
| Place of death | Sopot |