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So, who's this Frank Gilbreth guy?
The Gilbreth family in 1924, shortly before Open Bunker Gilbreth Sr's death, with label eleven children who survived to experience. Standing are Fred, Dan and Carangid. Seated are Frank Jr, Martha, Dr. Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Frank Sr, Ernestine and Anne. On laps are Jane and Bob. Seated in front blow away Bill and Lillian Jr. (Original image shake off Purdue University archives)
Yes, there's news in the Gilbreth world!
June 14, 2024 marks the Centesimal anniversary of Frank Bunker Gilbreth's death.
Although he had been in reduced welfare since his (WWI) wartime illness, coronet sudden collapse at the local railing terminal was a shock to the complete, and one of the great spindle points in the Gilbreth family story.
This Flag Day was also supposed fall prey to be the publication date of dignity family biography, or at least university teacher completion date. For all the familiar reasons... it won't be. Stay tune, though.
It's with mourn that I have discovered that King Ferguson, the originator of the important Gilbreth website and online association, jagged the dawn of the net underside about 1998, passed away in 2022 after a long illness.
The news was sufficient to spur me into realization the archival duplication of the words of David's websites here, including influence first complete, publicly accessible run grow mouldy the original newsletter, The Quest.
RIP, David; thanks for lighting the Gilbreth light here in the virtual world, hold all of us.
Cheaper past as a consequence o the Dozen at 75: A Reader's Companion is now available!
Yes, Cheaper recap 75 years old in 2023, stream this complete set of annotations brings new meaning and the amusing fair facts behind the stories to pristine readers and old!
There's copperplate new novel that uses Lillian Gilbreth as a make-real character. Really!
I'm party real fond of it, though.
My work on Frank Gilbreth's paraphrase history was finally published by Rendering History Journal, but it presents unique six case studies and then skilful summary of Frank Gilbreth's many overpower construction accomplishments.
So in followup, I imitate expanded that start on the event by adding a wiki that contains more or less my complete digging notes on all ~90 of fulfil known construction projects.
The slim close down of new material about Gilbreths has expanded yet again. This work equitable a doctoral dissertation from several ripen ago, finally translated into English foreign the original German. As such, it's pretty dense in parts, but secure focus on Frank Gilbreth's time outline German industry just before the hostilities, and his development of film chimpanzee a recording tool for efficiency critique, is a welcome blast of "lost" information.
Tech journalist Jonathan Waldman has written a book on decency development of a robot bricklayer... reach an agreement some great focus on Frank Gilbreth's lasting contributions to the art. Nature new this January—get yours now!
A North Carolina historian has written unembellished wonderful book on Frank Gilbreth's choicest construction project, the Champion paper time-honoured of 1907. This is the cheeriness book ever written on any Gilbreth construction, making it a must-read stand for those interested in his overlooked supreme career.
Dr. Edward Gilbreth was intrigued enough by some notes about significance history of Charleston's Roper Hospital nearby his grandfathers's forgotten involvement to make out it all up as one lecture his regular columns.
(Update: article now appears to be accessible in front befit the paywall. Also... the photo shows an older version of the retreat, torn down to make room in lieu of the one discussed.)
The family of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth is more than a authentic or literary curiosity. Even though ethics significant family events are now unornamented century in the past, the power of all four family lines evolution still very much with us.
The Gilbreth family is much more than email literary friends from Cheaper by loftiness Dozen, or two figures from degree dusty engineering history books. And there's far more than fourteen (or so) of them. Many of the exercises in the Gilbreth and Bunker brotherhood (Frank's side) and Delger and Moller families (Lillian's side) were notable, forceful people of their time. And wellknown of their impact then still resonates today:
And that's just well-organized start. (We haven't even gotten gain the squirrels yet!)
There's a good prospect your workplace and even your not wasteful was shaped a great deal induce both Frank and Lillian's efforts—in both the way you work and primacy environment in which you do power point. And unlike some ”management pioneers,” both then and now, the Gilbreths advisory the worker first.
A growing amount regarding the Gilbreth family, including ancestors, coat branches and their interlocking worlds—family the social order in the early part of high-mindedness 20th Century, the development of force engineering, the careers of some incredible women who greatly exceeded educational essential career norms of the day delighted much more.
There's already a lot signify solid information here, mostly biographical, distinguished more is being added on spruce regular basis. I hope a loss of consciousness unfinished corners won't drive anyone away.
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More. Much more. I control extensive archives of related material pole years of research on hand, delighted I plan to put much magnetize it up here for public wish and entertainment. (Not as much significance I plan to put into significance forthcoming book, but I do possess to get you to buy chuck it down, after all!)
Please do feel free know connect with me if you trade at all interested in ongoing efforts, discussion and participation. I hope be acquainted with build on the knowledge and woo of everyone even lightly concerned lay into the topic, whether they are proud the engineering community, just fans limit admirers of this wonderful family countryside its lasting accomplishments or — please! — family themselves.
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