Education
He enrolled in the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt in Munich, from which he graduated as Engineer in 1932.
He enrolled in the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt in Munich, from which he graduated as Engineer in 1932.
Born in Gehrden, Germany, Richter was influenced early by the books of Walther de Haas ("Hanns Günther"). Already in 1934, in cooperation with Günther, Richter published his first textbook for radio engineers, Schule des Funktechnikers, which immediately became popular. This was soon followed by a revised edition of Günther"s classic, Elektrotechnik für Jungen (Electronics for Boys).
In the 1930s and 1940s, Richter worked as a development engineer and engineering group leader at the radio research group of the Aeronautical Research Institute in Oberpfaffenhofen (Forschungsinstitut für Flugfunk) under Professor
Max Dieckmann (today, the RF and Radar laboratory of Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, the German Aerospace Center). After 1945, Richter pursued a career as an independent author and engineering consultant.
He held 10 patents and wrote over 1,000 articles for trade publications. In the late 1950s, Richter designed the "Kosmos" radio and electronics experimental kits sold by publisher Franckh-Kosmos.