Peter Norman Nissen

The Nissen Hut

Peter Norman Nissen (born August 6, 1871 in New York City , † March 2, 1930 ) was an American / Canadian engineer and officer in the British Army.

Life

In 1916, Peter Norman Nissen developed the Nissenhütte , later named after him, for the British Army , a self-supporting structure made of corrugated iron that was used for accommodation during the First and Second World Wars . After the Second World War, they also served as emergency shelter for civilians.

literature

Frederick WJ McCosh: Nissen of the huts: a biography of Lt Col Peter Nissen ; 1997; ISBN 095257991X

Individual evidence

^ Entry: Nissen, Peter Norman . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography .
^ Christian Hoffmann: The short camp colony in Hanover-Bothfeld. The barracks camp on Hartenbrackenstrasse (1941–1956), in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , Neue Reihe 68 (2014), Hanover: Wehrhahn Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86525-438-2 , pp. 43–57; here: p. 55f.

personal data
SURNAME	Nissen, Peter Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian engineer and inventor of the Nissenhütte
DATE OF BIRTH	August 6, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	March 2, 1930

[1] Entry: Nissen, Peter Norman . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography .

[2] Christian Hoffmann: The short camp colony in Hanover-Bothfeld. The barracks camp on Hartenbrackenstrasse (1941–1956), in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , Neue Reihe 68 (2014), Hanover: Wehrhahn Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86525-438-2 , pp. 43–57; here: p. 55f.