About Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn
Lived 1853 – 1927 (aged 73–74). Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn was a German inventor, entrepreneur and tax officer.
Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn (11 November 1853 – 1927) was a German inventor.
Life Bruhn invented modern taximeter in Berlin. He worked for German company Westendarp & Pieper Hamburg. In 1920 he became leader of this company. Bruhn was married and had three children. His daughter Adele married architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. His son Wolfgang Bruhn was an art historian.
Literature
Zeitschrift für das gesamte Local- und Straßenbahn-Wesen, Bde. 8–10, Bergmann 1889, S. 158. Der Motorwagen. Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift, 25:1922, S. 123. Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorluftschifffahrt, Bd. 9:1918, S. XXIII
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Who was Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn?
German inventor
When was Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn born?
Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn was born on 11 November 1853 in Lübeck.
When did Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn die?
Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn died in 1927 in Berlin.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn was an inventor, entrepreneur and tax officer.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn was German.
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