Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen

Austrian locomotive designer and inventor (1903–1992)
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Summary

Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen was born on September 7, 1903[1], in Trento[2]. He died on February 11, 1992[3], in Vienna[4]. He worked as an engineer[5], locomotive designer[6], inventor[7], non-fiction writer[8], and design engineer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Place of burial: Vienna Central Cemetery[11]
  • Country of citizenship: Austria[12]
  • Employer: Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf[13]
  • Educated at: TU Wien[14]
  • Sex or gender: male[15]
  • Commons category: Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen[16]
  • Academic degree: doctorate[17]
  • Family name: Giesl-Gieslingen[18]
  • Given name: Adolph[19]
  • Work location: Austria[20], United States[21], Nazi Germany[22]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: German[23], English[24]
  • Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights[25]

Why It Matters

Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen is credited with the discovery of Giesl ejector[26], a Steam locomotive exhaust system[27].

FAQs

Where was Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen born?

Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen was born in Trento[2].

Where did Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen die?

Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen died in Vienna[4].

What did Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen do for work?

Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen worked as an engineer[5], locomotive designer[6], inventor[7], non-fiction writer[8], and design engineer[9].

Where did Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen go to school?

Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen was educated at TU Wien[14].

What did Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen discover?

Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen is credited as discoverer of Giesl ejector[26].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Vienna
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    Languages spoken, written or signed → German, English
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