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Peter Fraenkel
Peter Fraenkel may refer to: * Peter Fraenkel (journalist) (born 1926), journalist and author, controller of European services for the British Broadcasting Corporation * Peter Fraenkel (marine engineer), British marine engineer * Peter Fraenkel (civil engineer) (1915–2009), British civil engineer {{hndis, Fraenkel, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fraenkel (journalist)
Peter J. Fraenkel (born 7 December 1926) is a German-born British journalist and author who was controller of European services for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He was born in Breslau but following Nazi oppression of the Jews, he left for Northern Rhodesia with his parents in 1939. He worked there in broadcasting before leaving for London in 1957 when he began his career in Reuters and then the BBC. He has described with irony his transition from "sub-human Jew in Nazi Germany ... to White master race in British colonial Africa".Writings. Peter Fraenkel. Retrieved 30 January 2016. Early life Peter Fraenkel was born in Breslau (then in Germany, now Poland) on 7 December 1926. His father was a German civil servant who received the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fraenkel (marine Engineer)
Peter Fraenkel, MBE, is a marine engineer, visiting professor at the University of Edinburgh School of Engineering and a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Energy Institute. He is the inventor of the tidal power plant SeaGen. In 2013, Fraenkel won the Scottish Government's Saltire Prize medal. He is also the founder of the company Gravitricity, to exploit his concept of suspending heavy weights in abandoned mine shafts to store energy. This promises to be half as expensive as large scale lithium batteries. See also *Gravity battery A gravity battery is a type of energy storage device that stores gravitational energy, the energy stored in an object resulting from a change in height due to gravity, also called potential energy. A gravity battery works by using excess energy ... References Living people British marine engineers Scottish mechanical engineers Fellows of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Members of the Order of the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |