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Adolf Froelich (December 24, 1887 – November 1943) was a Polish inventor, dentist and participant in the Polish-Soviet War.


Curriculum vitae

Adolf Froelich was born in
Łaziska, Opole Lubelskie County Łaziska is a village in Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łaziska. It lies approximately west of Opole Lubelskie Opole Lubelskie is a town in e ...
, Poland, to parents Reinhold Froelich and Antonina Wilhelmina Józefina Froelich (née Majewska). He studied brewing technology at the scientific department Weihenstephan of the
Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...
in
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. Furthermore, he studied dentistry. He got his dentist approbation in 1918. As a dentist he worked inter alia in Jędrzejów. In 1932 he invented the double propeller. He was officer (rank: lieutenant) of the
Polish Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, abbreviated ''SZ RP''; popularly called ''Wojsko Polskie'' in Poland, abbreviated ''WP''—roughly, the "Polish Military") are the national armed forces of ...
.List of the polish officers on the website of the museum of the Polish Armed Forces in Warsaw
/ref> As a dentist he took part in the Polish-Soviet War being a member of the 9th Infantry Division. He died in
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
.


Bibliography

* Urząd Patentowy Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej Opis Patentowy Nr 18229, Warszawa 21 sierpnia 1933, Adolf Froelich, ''Podwójne śmigło''.


Notes

1887 births 1943 deaths 20th-century Polish inventors Polish dentists 20th-century dentists {{poland-med-bio-stub