Rudolph Laver

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Rudolph Laver (born July 19, 1872 in Castlemaine , † September 1946 in Berlin ) was an Australian-German electrical engineer .

Life

Rudolph Laver was one of seven sons of the farmer Jonas Laver (1819–1880) from Somerset and born of Mary Ann. Fry († 1885). Rudolph Laver emigrated to Germany in 1899, studied electrical engineering in Karlsruhe and Charlottenburg and was naturalized in 1915 . Laver was a director at Bergmann Elektrizitätswerke in Berlin . With the outbreak of World War I , large parts of the Bergmann works were converted to armaments production, and Laver was released from his work. In 1934 Laver replaced the then managing director Martin Rosenfeld from Paul Bouveron GmbH . The name of the company changed to Transformatorenfabrik Rudolph Laver formerly Paul Bouveron GmbH . After his death, the company was inherited by his widow Klara geb. Rothweiler over.

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  1. ↑ See his brother Frank Jonas Laver (1869–1919) , in Australian Dictionary of Biography , 1986.
  2. ^ What's Wrong At The University? , in Graphic of Australia (Melbourne, Vic.) , April 7, 1916, p. 3.
  3. ↑ No home here for Herr Laver , in The Mail (Adelaide) , January 12, 1946, p. 1.
  4. ^ Australian in Berlin , in The Argus (Melbourne, Vic,) , March 2, 1915, p. 7.
  5. ↑ Deutscher Reichsanzeiger , No. 29, February 3, 1934, p. 2.
  6. ^ Ordinance sheet for Greater Berlin , Volume 4, 1948, p. 348.
personal data
SURNAME Laver, Rudolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian-German electrical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Castlemaine (Victoria)
DATE OF DEATH September 1946
Place of death Berlin