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Dr. Hugo Eckener (10 August 186814 August 1954)〔Schwensen〕〔Thomas Adam. p. 289〕〔ostsee.de〕 was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous ''Graf Zeppelin'' for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections,〔〔Social Democratic Party of Germany 18 February 1932 p. 12〕〔Thomas Adam. p. 290〕 he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined. == Background == Eckener was born in Flensburg as the first child of Johann Christoph Eckener from Bremen and Anna Lange, daughter of a shoemaker.〔 As a youth he was judged an "indifferent student",〔〔 and he spent summers sailing and winters ice skating.〔 Nevertheless, by 1892 under Professor Wilhelm Wundt, Eckener had earned a doctorate "magna cum laude"〔 in what today might be deemed experimental psychology.〔 at the University of Leipzig. Eckener then began his military service in the Infantry Regiment 86 in Flensburg.〔 Eckener's early career was as a journalist and editor; by August 1893 he was working for the ''ドイツ語:Flensburger Nachrichten'';〔 in October 1897 he married Johanna, daughter of the publisher-family Maaß.〔 He later became a correspondent for the Frankfurter Zeitung〔 in 1905 and 1906, whilst writing a book on the social effects of capitalism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugo Eckener」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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