In the history of technology, Henrich Focke is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Henrich Focke as German aviation pioneer (1890–1979).
Henrich Focke was born at Bremen in 1890. His recorded nationality is Germany.
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 military flight engineer, inventor and engineer.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are aviation, aerospace manufacturer and aerospace industry.
Recognition followed: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1960).
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.
Henrich Focke died in 1979, aged 89. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany — 1960
- Worked as military flight engineer, inventor and engineer
