Richard Anger
Richard Anger (born January 8, 1873 in Werden ; † February 28, 1938 in Berlin-Zehlendorf ) was a German engineer and university professor.
Life
After attending grammar school, Richard Anger studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin from 1892 , where he successfully passed the examination to become a government building supervisor in 1896 and a government master builder in 1900 . At the beginning of 1901 he joined the civil service of the Prussian State Railways at the Royal Railway Directorate in Berlin . In 1907 he moved to the railway departments of the Prussian Ministry for Public Works . In the war years from 1914 to 1917 Richard Anger worked in the Central Railway Office , where he became the department head for brakes and clutches.
During his time at the railroad management in Berlin, Richard Anger became permanent assistant and temporary representative of the chair for combustion technology and steam boiler construction in Department III for mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin in 1905. The main focus of his lectures was railway construction.
In 1917 he went back to the Prussian Ministry for Public Works, where he was promoted to the Secret Building Council in the following year and in 1919 to the Chief Construction and Ministerial Director. In 1923 Richard Anger also became President of the Technical Higher Examination Office in Berlin.
When the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft was founded in 1924 , Anger became its board member and director of the mechanical engineering department. At the age of 65 he retired in 1938 for health reasons and died that same month in Berlin-Zehlendorf.
Works (selection)
- (Associate Editor): Track Connection. Switches and crossings Turntables and transfer platforms , 1st edition, Leipzig, undated; 2nd edition, Leipzig, 1908.
Honors
- Officer's Cross of the Italian Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus
- Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Swedish Wasa Order
- Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Württemberg Order of Frederick
- 1924: Honorary doctorate from the University of Karlsruhe for his services to the development of railway machinery
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, p. 25.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anger, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Become |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1938 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Zehlendorf |