Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn (11 November 1853 – 1927) was a
German inventor
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.
Life
Bruhn invented modern
taximeter
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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
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Ll ...
. 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
External links
Depatisnet:Bibliographische Daten (Deutsches Patent und Markenamt
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruhn, Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav
20th-century German inventors
Businesspeople from Lübeck
1853 births
1927 deaths