Alexander Bernhard Dräger

Alexander Bernhard Dräger (14 June 1870, Howe - 12 January 1928, Lübeck), was a German engineer, industrialist and inventor.

Alexander Bernhard Dräger
Born(1870-06-14)14 June 1870
Howe, Hamburg
Died12 January 1928(1928-01-12) (aged 57)
Lübeck
NationalityGerman
OccupationEngineer, industrialist and inventor

Dräger was born in the village of Howe (now part of Kirchwerder, Bergedorf, Hamburg. In 1889, Bernhard's father Johann Heinrich Dräger and Carl Adolf Gerling founded Firma Dräger und Gerling in Lübeck to exploit industrial gas technology. In 1902, Heinrich took Bernhard into partnership, and the firm's name was changed to Drägerwerk Heinr. und Bernh. Dräger. The firm specialised in self-contained breathing sets for industrial and rescue workers and for divers, and welding and cutting torches.[1][2] The company still exists today, as Drägerwerk AG.

Bernhard filed at least one patent application for his developments.[3]

References
  1. "Alexander Bernhard Dräger". whoswho.de (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Alexander Bernhard Dräger". enzyklo.de (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. Drager, Dr Ing Alexander Bernhard (1 January 1922). "Original Patent Application Number 204,674 for Improvements in or Relating to Apparatus for Use in Administering Anaesthetics and the Like". amazon.de. Retrieved 19 September 2016.


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