Luigi Vanoni

Luigi Vanoni (born April 11, 1854 in Aurigeno ; † July 5, 1940 there ) was a Swiss engineer .

Life

Luigi Vanoni was the son of Pietro Vanoni and his wife Carolina (nee Neuroni).

He completed a degree in civil engineering at the Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum (today: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ) in Zurich and then moved to Paris ; there he was probably working for the Société générale des téléphones as general inspector. After his return to Switzerland he was director of the Geneva telephone network from 1890 and from 1898 he headed the technical department of the telegraph directorate. From 1905 to 1920 he headed the Obertelegrafendirektion in Bern .

In 1904 he introduced the automatic payphone in Basel and Zurich , which he had developed together with Konrad Schum, which established a call connection after inserting a coin; they are intended as public speaking stations in train stations, kiosks and post offices. As a result, the cashier, which was fed with coins by the customer, made personnel superfluous, who would otherwise check the duration of the call and collect the corresponding fees.

He was also in correspondence with Albert Einstein .

Luigi Vanoni was married to Elena Rosario Ardos Garcia.

Memberships

Luigi Vanoni was president of the Bern section of the pro Ticino association founded by Augusto Rusca in 1915 , which cultivated the language and culture of Ticino .

Web links

Gianmarco Talamona: Luigi Vanoni. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Level 1. Accessed August 24, 2019 .
^ Switzerland - Development of the telephone system. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
↑ Telephone booths - farewell to the landline guide fossils. In: Blog on Swiss History - Swiss National Museum. August 31, 2018, accessed on August 24, 2019 (German).
↑ Volume 5: The Swiss Years: Correspondence, 1902-1914 page 289. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Vanoni, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 11, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aurigeno
DATE OF DEATH	5th July 1940
Place of death	Aurigeno

[1] Level 1. Accessed August 24, 2019 .

[2] Switzerland - Development of the telephone system. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .

[3] Telephone booths - farewell to the landline guide fossils. In: Blog on Swiss History - Swiss National Museum. August 31, 2018, accessed on August 24, 2019 (German).

[4] Volume 5: The Swiss Years: Correspondence, 1902-1914 page 289. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .