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a of grudziądz comparative plaque for hoffman in his home town wrzeszcz , gdańsk , poland 30 december 1963 grudziądz polish electrical engineering 12 march 1895 alfons hoffman plaque grudziadz.jpg alfons hoffmann

alfons hoffmann

professor alfons hoffmann -lrb- born 12 march 1895 in grudziądz -lrb- graudenz -rrb- - 30 december 1963 in gdańsk -rrb- was a polish engineer and political activist .
after graduating , 1911 -- 1913 and 1918 -- 1919 , prof. hoffman worked as an engineer for the garbe lahmeyer company in the electric machine laboratory and in the construction department , in aachen , westphalia .
before world war i hoffman was a prominent member of the polish intelligentsia in the portion of poland that was part of the prussian partition .
he was active in social and cultural organizations , including the youth movement sokół and local choirs .
at the end of the war , between 1918 and 1920 he became politically involved and advocated for the return of pomerania to newly independent poland .
in 1922 hoffmann worked out the first plan for the electrification of province of pomerania .
during the stalinist era , hoffmann was removed from any position which would have a direct effect on the development of polish power engineering industry .
he became an instructor at the gdańsk university of technology in the engineering department working under prof. kazimierz kopecki .
alfons hoffmann died on 30 december 1963 and was buried in the gdańsk-wrzeszcz cemetery .
