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Friedrich Wilhelm Pleuger
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Friedrich Wilhelm Pleuger

German engineer and entrepreneur

Friedrich Wilhelm Pleuger (born 6 April 1899 in Bonn; died 9 October 1972 in Hamburg) was a German engineer and entrepreneur who developed and patented a number of inventions, in particular water-filled electric motors, submersible pumps and ship rudder systems. He was a partner and founder of Pleuger Unterwasserpumpen GmbH in Hamburg (known as Pleuger Industries today), through which he marketed and sold these products.2

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Born Apr 6, 1899, died Oct 9, 1972.1

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In addition, he was also the consul general of Ghana in Hamburg.

His technical developments have been used in various fields worldwide. For example, in underground railway construction (Berlin, Moscow) and in drainage systems all over the world.

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Personal life

  • BornApr 6, 1899, Bonn4
  • DiedOct 9, 1972, Hamburg5

Friedrich W. Pleuger was born on 6 April 1899 in Bonn on the Rhine. He visited the city high school there before leaving to fight in the First World War. He returned from the war as a lieutenant and then studied at the Technische Hochschule Berlin and a business school. Pleuger had a wife (Irmgard Pleuger) and a son. After his death in 1972 Petra Lange reported, that she was Pleuger's illegitimate daughter. Irmgard Pleuger did not believe this and accused her of being Pleuger's mistress.

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