Oskar von Miller
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| Born | 12 May 1855 |
| Died | 9 April 1934 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Deutsches Museum |
Oskar Franz Xaver Miller, since 1875 von Miller (7 May 1855 – 9 April 1934), was a German engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, a large museum of technology and science in Munich.
Biography
Born in
Miller decided to study technology and civil engineering at the Technische Hochschule München. Soon he discovered the recently developed field of electrotechnology, and so turned to it. In 1882 he organized the first electrotechnical exhibition in Germany, after having been fascinated by the first exhibition of this kind in Paris. At this exhibition, on 16 September 1882, in partnership with Marcel Deprez, he succeeded in transmitting an electric current for the first time over a distance of approximately 60 kilometers, from Miesbach to the Glaspalast in Munich.
In 1883, along with Emil Rathenau, he was a director of the German Edison Company (later AEG). He built the first power station in Germany in 1884 in Munich.
In 1890 he founded his own engineering office, which soon became prominent in the energy industry. He took over management of the
For several decades Miller worked on the project known as Bayernwerk, which had to use the power of Bavaria with an installed capacity of 1253 million kilowatts of the land electrics supply.[2]
In 1903 he fulfilled his dream of founding a museum devoted to science and technology — the Deutsches Museum. Miller had recruited widespread contacts for many years for such a museum. In Prince Regent Luitpold he found a patron who assured him also of national support. Famous scientists and entrepreneurs such as
In 1906 Emperor
From 1918 to 1924 he was project manager in the building of the then-largest high pressure hydroelectric power station in the world, the Walchenseekraftwerk.
Miller died in 1934 in the Deutsches Museum as a consequence of a heart attack, a few months after the accidental death of his wife. He was interred next to the church at the Neuhausen Cemetery in Munich.
Honours (excerpt)
- Member of the Upper-House (Kammer der Reichsräte) of the Bavarian Parliament
- Honorary citizen of the city of Munich
- Honorary citizen of Holzkirchen
- Honorary president of the second world conference on electrical power (Weltkraftkonferenz)
- Siemens-Ring
- Wilhelm Exner Medal, inaugural awardee, 1921
Several posts which von Miller held emphasize his personality and the importance he had in electro-technology, for example:
- Chairman of the Association of German Engineers
- Member of the peace delegation of 1919 in Versailles as technical advisor
- Author of numerous books, of which those concerned with the issue of supplying electrical power to and from cities became the standard works.
The Oskar von Miller Tower is named after him.
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References
- ^ Center, Copyright 2015 Edison Tech. "Lauffen to Frankfurt 1891". edisontechcenter.org.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Oskar von Miller, retrieved 21. February 2020 in Wilhelmexner.org.
- Wilhelm Füßl: Miller, Oskar von. In: ISBN 3-428-00198-2, S. 517–519
- Wilhelm Füßl: Oskar von Miller: 1855–1934. Eine Biographie, Munich: C.H.Beck, 2005, ISBN 3-406-52900-3
- Wilhelm Füßl: "Oskar von Miller." In: Katharina Weigand (Hrsg.): Große Gestalten der bayerischen Geschichte. Munich: Herbert Utz Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8316-0949-9
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