Person

Wunderlich, Frederick Otto (1861 - 1951)

Born
28 June 1861
Islington, England
Died
12 May 1951
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Manufacturer

Summary

Frederick Wunderlich was a co-founder of the firm which became known as Wunderlich Ltd - specialists in terracotta products. At first all products were imported but from 1910 local produced was established at the Wunderlich works in Brunswick, Victoria. The firm grew into a highly successful company with branches in all Australian States and in Wellington, New Zealand. Wunderlich Ltd was the first Australian firm to introduce a 44 hour week without a pay reduction (1908) and in 1914 started a profit-sharing scheme for employees. Wunderlich was in fact a practicing doctor before migrating to Australia in 1900. However upon arrival in Sydney he joined his brothers Ernest and Alfred in the Wunderlich Patent Ceiling & Roofing Co. Ltd. He concentrated on the administrative, technical and scientific aspects of the company. He became a life director of Wunderlich Ltd when the company united with Rocke.

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Chronology

1880
Education - Bach.es Lettres, Université de Lausanne in Switzerland
1885 -
Career position - Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
1885
Education - Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London (LRCP, St Bartholemew's Hospital in London
c. 1885 - c. 1900
Career position - Practised medicine in London
1889
Education - Dip. Pub. Health RCPS, St Bartholemew's Hospital
1900
Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney)
1908 -
Career position - Life Director of Wunderlich Ltd

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Walsh, G. P., 'Wunderlich, Frederick Otto (1861-1951), [medical practitioner and manufacturer]' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 587-589. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120750b.htm. Details

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