Oskar Primavesi

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Oskar Primavesi, painting by Anton Hans Karlinsky (1936)

Oskar Primavesi (born March 15, 1874 in Rajcza , † July 26, 1952 in Vienna ) was an Austrian electrical machine builder and university professor . He was rector of the Vienna University of Technology .

Life

Oskar Primavesi studied mechanical engineering at the Graz University of Technology , where he passed the second state examination in 1897 and then worked as an assistant. In 1900 he switched to the Siemens & Halske company , for which he developed the first turbo-generators for the Viennese electricity works as well as DC machines and locomotive motors . He also drafted plans for the electrification of the northern runway .

In 1914 he became a member of the Allemannia Graz fraternity .

In 1917 he was appointed full professor at the German Technical University in Brno , in 1919 he moved to the Technical University of Vienna as full professor for dynamo construction, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in the academic years 1929/30 and 1930/31. In the academic year 1932/33 he was elected rector of the Vienna University of Technology , in 1940 he retired .

Primavesi died in 1952 at the age of 78. In 1990, Primavesigasse in the 22nd district of Vienna, Donaustadt, was named after him.

literature

  • Juliane Mikoletzky, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber (editor): A Collection of Extraordinary Completeness / A Collection of Unusual Completeness: Die Rektorengalerie der Technische Universität Wien / The Gallery of Rectors of the TU Wien . Festschrift 200 Years of Technical University Vienna, Volume 13, Vienna, Böhlau-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20113-7 , page 113

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willy Nolte (Ed.): Burschenschafter Stammrolle. List of the members of the German Burschenschaft according to the status of the summer semester 1934. Berlin 1934. P. 381.
  2. ^ Primavesigasse in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Primavesi, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian electrical machine manufacturer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Rajcza
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1952
Place of death Vienna