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
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, 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
Freising
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Location
Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the ...
. 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
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.
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
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