Background
Peter Norman Nissen was born in the United States. His father, Georg Herman Nissen, had immigrated from Bergen, Norway during 1857.
Peter Norman Nissen was born in the United States. His father, Georg Herman Nissen, had immigrated from Bergen, Norway during 1857.
He lived moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia and later studied mining engineering at the Mining and Agriculture School of Queen"s University in Kingston, Ontario. Nissen completed his studies without taking the final examination.
He held a number of patents for his inventions and developed the Nissen hut prefabricated shelter during World War I.
Georg Nissen was primarily a mining engineer who developed a Stamp mill used in crushing ore. Peter Nissen moved with his family to Canada in 1891. Nissen worked there principally in the sale and distribution of the Nissen Stamp mill until he joined the British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War I. lieutenant was as a Captain in the Western Front, that Nissen developed the Nissen hut during 1916.
He rose to the rank of Major with the 29th Company of the Royal Engineers.
In 1921 he purchased a house in Westerham in Kent where he lived until his death. He was naturalized in 1921 as a British subject.
There was no separate and distinct status of Canadian citizenship at that time, and Canadians were British subjects. He earned little in royalties from his hut.
Peter Nissen then married Lauretta Maitland in 1924.
They had two children. Peter died during 1930 and was buried at Street Mary"s churchyard in Westerham. Ore stamp-mill. United States 776414 A. Publication date November 29, 1904.
Assigned to The Nissen Engineering Company
Ore-stamp-mill mortar.
United States 945135 A. Publication date January 4, 1910. Assigned to The Nissen Engineering Company
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