Wilhelm Launhardt

Wilhelm Launhardt ( born April 7, 1832 in Hanover, Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Launhardt, † May 14, 1918 in Hannover ) was a German civil engineer, construction officer, Mr, transport scientists and economist.

Life

Wilhelm Launhardt visited by the upper middle school, junior high school and from 1848 the Polytechnic School in Hanover. He was a member of P.V.G. ( Polytchnischer - vocal club ). He finished 1859 with the second state exam, which is training as a civil engineer.

Between 1854 and 1869 he was employed in the State Building Authority of the Kingdom of Hanover. He then worked in the construction of the Venlo - Hamburg Railway.

Also in 1869 was Launhardt teacher for road, rail and bridge at the Polytechnic of Hanover. In 1871 he received the title of professor. Various appointments at other universities refused Launhardt.

1872 was built to his design, the Goethe bridge.

Since 1875 he was director of the Polytechnic, the first between 1880 to June 30, 1886 Rector of the Technical University of Hanover.

About his closer Launhardt Department also considered the founder of technical and economic transport science. His work dealt with practical problems as well as with mathematical economic issues.

Launhardt led mathematical models in economics teaching. In 1885 he succeeded in approach, the calculation of an optimum in the sense of the terms- of-trade effect duty.

In his work of math reasoning in economics, he developed the funnel model. He showed that the size of the region of a function of the ex-factory price and the amount of the freight rate. Furthermore: market and competition are imperfect because of the benefits arising from the geographical distance between supplier and customer preference.

Launhardt was since 1880 an associate member of the Academy of Civil Engineering in Berlin. As representatives of the University of Hanover, he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords since 1898.

At the Faculty of Economics of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover diploma will be awarded with outstanding results with the Wilhelm Launhardt price.

Writings (selection )

  • The Theory of the Trace: Being a discussion of the principles of location, 1872
  • The determination of the most appropriate location of an intellectual property system, Journal of the Association of German Engineers, 1882
  • Mathematical justification of Economics, 1885.
  • Theory of Network Planning, 1888.
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