Artur Fischer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Artur Fischer

German inventor

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1919

Place of Birth: Waldachtal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 27-Jan-2016

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur, inventor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Artur Fischer (31 December 1919 – 27 January 2016) was a German inventor.
He is best known for inventing the plastic expanding wall plug.Born in Tumlingen, Artur Fischer was the son of the village tailor Georg Fischer.
His mother Pauline, who ironed collars to make ends meet, recognized her son’s mechanical aptitude and encouraged him at every turn, helping him set up a workbench at home and buying him the German equivalent of an Erector Set.In the second world war, Fischer survived the Battle of Stalingrad, leaving on the last plane, and later in the war was captured in Italy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in England.
After returning to his hometown in 1946, he found work as an assistant at an engineering company and began making lighters and loom switches out of military scrap.
In 1948, he founded his own company, the Fischer Group.