In the history of technology, Hans von Ohain is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Hans von Ohain as German aerospace engineer (1911-1998).
Hans von Ohain was born at Dessau in 1911. His recorded nationality is Germany. He was educated at University of Göttingen.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as physicist, military flight engineer and inventor.
His affiliations include Heinkel.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are physics.
Recognition followed: National Aviation Hall of Fame (1990) and National Inventors Hall of Fame (2003).
That the work was done from Germany matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Hans von Ohain died in 1998, aged 87. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- National Aviation Hall of Fame — 1990
- National Inventors Hall of Fame — 2003
- Affiliated with Heinkel
- Educated at University of Göttingen
- Worked as physicist, military flight engineer and inventor
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