Richard Theiler

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Richard Theiler (born June 26, 1841 in Einsiedeln , † January 30, 1923 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss entrepreneur.

His father, Meinrad Theiler (* 1812 - † August 18, 1873) was a watchmaker and mechanic, was interested in telegraphy and had built a telegraph for Jakob Kaspar Tschopp in the 1840s . This was not accepted by the Federal Council, but he got a job in the telegraph workshop in 1852, which enabled him to make further inventions. In 1856 the family of six emigrated to London, where Meinard became a department head in the Electric Telegraph Company. In 1866 he founded his own telephone company at 64 Canonbury Road, North London. After the mother returned to Switzerland with two children for health reasons, the father worked with Richard and his younger brother Meinrad junior. (* 1844) on.

Richard attended physics classes at the monastery school in Einsiedeln to supplement his knowledge of electricity. After the death of his father, he took over the business together with his brother, who, however, took up another job after ten years. In 1891 Richard sold MW Theiler & Sons to Keith Elphinstone in order to return to Switzerland with his wife from Rapperswiler . The company merged with Elliott Brothers four years later .

In Lucerne, Richard Theiler took over the representation of the Westinghouse-built Shallenberger counter with a tolerable wind vane braking. After a few attempts at improvement, he designed his own electricity meter, where he was one of the first to apply braking using a magnet, for which he was granted a patent on June 13, 1896. Together with Adelrich Gyr , he founded the Electrotechnical Institute Theiler & Co. in Zug , where, in addition to counters, he also manufactured telephone inductors and gramophone cylinders.

He was looking for a partner because his twin sons, born in 1878, who became chemists and pharmacists, had no interest in the company. In 1903 he found Heinrich Landis , who took it over the following year and ran it under H. Landis, formerly Theiler & Co. (later Landis + Gyr ). Richard Theiler then lived for a while in Munich and then in Lucerne.

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  3. ↑ electrosuisse.ch: Richard Theiler (PDF; 29 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Theiler, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Einsiedeln
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1923
Place of death Lucerne