Theodor Becher (engineer)

Theodor Becher (born November 18, 1876 in Boston , Massachusetts , USA , † April 29, 1948 in Ellwangen (Jagst) ) was a German hydraulic engineer .

Life

He was the son of Darmstadt chamber musician Theodor Becher (1837-1915) and his wife Eva Becher nee Stilb (1853-1923) from Heltersberg in the Palatinate. After graduating from school, he studied at the Technical University of Darmstadt . At the age of 22 he joined Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG (MAN) and moved to Nuremberg . He worked in the bridge construction department and moved to the MAN Gustavsburg plant in 1901 , where he later took over the management of the defense construction department. He later became deputy director of the Gustavsburg plant.

Theodor Becher achieved particular merits through the further development of the roller weir invented by Max Carstanjen in 1898 , for which he developed the additional sinking roller. The introduction of the sector weir as well as the fish-bellied valve and several other inventions in the field of hydraulic steel construction go back to him. In 1938 he celebrated his 40th anniversary with the company. At that time he was head of MAN's hydraulic iron construction department .

Honors

In 1929 the Technical University of Darmstadt, where he studied, awarded him an honorary doctorate (as Dr.-Ing. E. h. ) In recognition of his achievements .

Fonts (selection)

Newer iron water structures in the field of defense construction . In: Der Bauingenieur , 6th year 1925, issue 24/25.
The Ryburg-Schwörstadt power plant . In: Der Bauingenieur , 11th year 1930, issue 47.

literature

Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? Berlin 1935, p. 76.
Hans Schmitt: Becher, Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 691 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Willi Hager: Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000 . Volume 2. CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4665-5498-6 , pp. 1041 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Becher, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German hydraulic engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boston
DATE OF DEATH	April 29, 1948
Place of death	Ellwangen (Jagst)

[1] Willi Hager: Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000 . Volume 2. CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4665-5498-6 , pp. 1041 ( limited preview in Google Book search).