Alexander Bernhard Dräger (14 June 1870, Howe - 12 January 1928,

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), was a German engineer,

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and inventor. Dräger was born in the village of Howe (now part of Kirchwerder,

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. In 1889, Bernhard's father and Carl Adolf Gerling founded ''Firma Dräger und Gerling'' in Lübeck to exploit

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technology. In 1902, Heinrich took Bernhard into partnership, and the firm's name was changed to ''Drägerwerk Heinr. und Bernh. Dräger''. The firm specialised in self-contained breathing sets for industrial and rescue workers and for divers, and welding and cutting torches. The company still exists today, as Drägerwerk AG. Bernhard filed at least one

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for his developments.

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1870 births People from Bergedorf 1928 deaths Engineers from Hamburg 20th-century German inventors Inventors {{Germany-engineer-stub