The House Where Josef Ressel Was Born
Dating: 1861
Annotation:
This is the birthplace of Josef Ressel, a prominent Chrudim native, mathematician, forest engineer and above all the inventor of the ship propeller, who was born here in 1793.
Description:
In Široká street, just a few steps from Ressel square in Chrudim, stands the original apartment house where the famous inventor Josef Ressel was born in 1793. He was born into the family of toll collector Anton Hermann Ressel and spent the first 13 years of his life in this house. The commemorative plaque was placed on the house four years after Ressel`s death, in 1861, at a time when the world finally appreciated his invention of the ship propeller. The plaque was made by the Prague sculptor Karel Svoboda and mounted on the house in the presence of Ressel`s son Jindřich.
Connected places:
Josef Ressel
Monument to Josef Ressel in Bílovice nad Svitavou
Monument to Josef Ressel in ChrudimPomník Josefa Ressela v Bílovici nad Svitavou; Pomník Josefa Ressela v Chrudimi
Keywords: history of natural sciences; inventor; mathematics; technology; ship propeller
References:
Vitouchová, V.: Josef Ressel. Osobnosti z dějin vědy a techniky. Zpravodaj knihovny AV ČR, 1/2013
Kraus, I.: Dějiny technických věd a vynálezů v českých zemích. Praha, 2004
Author's initials: PH
Photos:
(Author: PH)
(Author: PH)