Robert bosch biography

German industrialist, engineer and inventor

This article is about the German industrialist.

Robert bosch family

For his son, see Robert Bosch Jr. For the author and recreational mathematician, see Robert A. Bosch.

Robert Bosch (23 September 1861 – 12 March 1942) was a German business magnate, engineer and inventor, founder of Bosch.

Biography

Bosch was born in Albeck, in the Swabian Highlands near Ulm.

He was one of twelve children born to Servatius Bosch and Maria Margarita Dölle. Servatius ran a large progressive farm that included a brewery. Robert Bosch's nephew was future Nobel laureate Carl Bosch.

Robert bosch children

Robert Bosch attended the 'Realanstalt' in Ulm until 1879, that included an apprenticeship as a "precision-instrument maker." Amongst Bosch's various employments after graduating was that as a journeyman at C. & E. Fein. In 1881 he fulfilled his year of military service in Ulm, followed by employment with Schuckert & Co. until 1883.

In 1883-84, Bosch studied under Prof