Nicholas Wood
Nikolaus Holz (born November 26, 1868 in Mülheim an der Ruhr , † October 23, 1949 in Bad Harzburg ) was a German hydraulic and civil engineering engineer and university professor .
Life
Nikolaus Holz studied at the RWTH Aachen . In 1887 he became a member of the Delta Academic Association, later the Corps Delta. After completing his studies, he began a legal clerkship as a government construction manager , with this title he was named in March 1895. In the same year he began teaching at RWTH Aachen University. In 1896, meanwhile a government master builder ( assessor in the public building administration), he resigned from the civil service at his own request and accepted a professorship for commercial hydraulic engineering and urban civil engineering at RWTH Aachen University. In the university year 1898/1899 he was a member of the RWTH Senate as head of Department II for Civil Engineering. In 1935 he retired .
His main area of work was hydropower plants , especially in Scandinavia and the Alps .
Awards
- In 1895 Nikolaus Holz was awarded the Schinkel Prize by the Berlin Architects' Association in the civil engineering category for the design of a dam.
- In 1900 he received the gold medal at the world exhibition in Paris .
- In 1901 he won first prize from the city of Oslo in the competition for the Solbergfoss hydroelectric power station on Glommen.
- In 1905 he was awarded the Prussian Red Eagle Order, 4th class.
Fonts
- About hydropower conditions in Scandinavia and in the Alpine region. 1901.
- Speech to commemorate the bicentenary of the Kingdom of Prussia and to celebrate the forty-second birthday of Sr. Majesty of the German Emperor and King. 1901.
- Report by Prof. N. Holz in Aachen on the water conditions in the province of Pomerania with regard to use for commercial purposes. 1903.
- Report by Prof. Holz in Aachen on the water conditions in the province of Posen with regard to use for commercial purposes, water recycling. 1910.
- (with Bernhard Gleichmann and Robert Thomann): The power plants at Walchensee . The award-winning designs of the competition. 1916.
Web links
- Literature by and about Nikolaus Holz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ordinaries directory 1870–1970 at www.archiv.rwth-aachen.de , last accessed on June 10, 2012
- Holdings of the RWTH Aachen University Archive, No. 2009 - Wood personnel files at www.archive.nrw.de , last accessed on June 10, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Eckert: Student in Aachen 1870–1920. 1921.
- ↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 16, 1896, No. 11 (from March 14, 1896) ( online ), p. 113 (section Official Communications ).
- ↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 18, 1898, No. 28A (from July 13, 1898) ( online ), p. 335 ( Miscellaneous ).
- ↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 15, 1895, No. 10 (from March 9, 1895) ( online ), p. 103 ( Miscellaneous ).
- ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 25, 1905, No. 73 (from September 9, 1905) ( online ), p. 453 (section official communications ).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wood, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hydraulic and civil engineering engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1949 |
| Place of death | Bad Harzburg |