About Fritz Pfleumer
Lived 1881 – 1945 (aged 64). Fritz Pfleumer was a German and Austrian inventor and engineer.
Fritz Pfleumer (20 March 1881 – 29 August 1945) was a German engineer who invented magnetic tape for recording sound.
Biography Pfleumer was born on 20 March 1881, in Salzburg, to Robert and Minna Pfleumer (née Hünich). His father Robert (1848–1934) was born in Greiz, and his mother Minna (1846–1932) was born in Freiberg. Fritz had five siblings – Mimi, Hans, Hermann, Otto, and Mizi. Hans emigrated to the US.
On 1 December 1932, Pfleumer granted AEG the right to use his invention when building the world's first practical tape recorder, called Magnetophon K1. It was first demonstrated at the IFA in 1935.
Pfleumer died on 29 August 1945, aged 64, in Radebeul, after being hit by a truck.
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German inventor and engineer (1881–1945)
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Fritz Pfleumer was born on 20 March 1881 in Salzburg.
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Fritz Pfleumer died on 3 September 1945 in Radebeul.
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Fritz Pfleumer was German and Austrian.
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