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Emil Kolben (1 November 1862 – 3 July 1943) was a Czech engineer and entrepreneur. The large engineering company ČKD bears his name. He died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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Emil Kolben (1 November 1862 – 3 July 1943) was a Czech engineer and entrepreneur. The large engineering company ČKD bears his name. He died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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Biography Kolben was born on 1 November 1862 in Strančice, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He was born into the German-speaking Jewish family of a small shopkeeper. He had nine siblings and from the age of 15 he was left to care for himself. After completing his secondary education in Prague, Kolben studied there at the German Technical University. After finishing university he obtained a two-year Gerstner's stipend that allowed him to study abroad. In 1887 he travelled to Zurich, Paris and London and in April 1888 he sailed with his wife Malvinus to the United States, where he stayed for five years. After arriving in New York he set off on further study trips traveling across the country. He obtained a position as an engineer at the Edison Machine Works in Schenectady, then as an assistant of Thomas Edison in Orange, New Jersey and finally as the chief-engineer in Edison's laboratories. In 1889 he visited the laboratory of Nikola Tesla to learn about the poly-phase alternating current motors and power system the inventor was developing there. In 1892 Kolben returned to Europe and for two years worked as the chief-designer in Switzerland for company Oerlikon which manufactured poly-phase alternating current generators.…
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Legacy and honours A notable street in Prague that connects the districts of Vysočany and Hloubětín is named Kolbenova after Emil Kolben. The nearby Prague Metro station is named Kolbenova after the street.
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Short biography on zivotopisyonline.cz (in Czech) Biography of Kolben and his grandson Jindřich (in Czech)