!!!Maier, Fritz Franz

b. Znojmo, Czech Republic (then Znaim), July 19, 1844, d. Vienna, 
Dec. 15, 1926, ship designer. Studied in Vienna, worked in shipyards 
in Trieste, Budapest, the USA, England and Scotland. 1898 to 1905 he 
developed a hull shape with particularly favourable hydrodynamic 
properties ("M.-hull"). His sons Erich and Werner M. continued his 
research and development work in Bremen in 1927. In 1931 a company for 
the exploitation of his invention was founded in New York.

!Literature
OeBL; NDB.


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