Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn Explained

Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn
Birth Date:	11 November 1853
Birth Place:	Lübeck, Germany
Death Date:	1927 (aged 73 - 74)
Death Place:	Berlin, Germany
Nationality:	German
Occupation:	Inventor

Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn (11 November 1853  - 1927) was a German inventor.

Life

Bruhn invented modern taximeter in Berlin.^{[1] [2]} 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

External links

• Depatisnet:Bibliographische Daten (Deutsches Patent und Markenamt

References

1. News: Taxicab and Taximeters - History of theTaxi . 9 December 2022 . theinventors.org . . 2006.
2. Web site: taxicab . . 9 December 2022 . en.