These are amazing pictures and show the Nissen Stamp patented by Georg Nissen and their better performance proved by Peter Norman Nissen in the Rand (South Africa) when Peter Nissen was indentured to Head Wrightson (Liverpool) just before the first World war, when he joined the British Army and then invented the Nissen Hut. Key Improvement. The key improvement was that using a …
Nissen Family
Georg Nissen Biography
Georg Hermanus Nissen was brought up in Norway in a ship building family based in Bergen. As was normal in their period, the second and later sons were obliged to emigrate as there was not enough to keep them in Norway. He was the father of Colonel Peter Norman Nissen 1871-1930, who was the inventor of the Nissen Hut. Georg emigrated to the USA in 1857 (aged 25). He left a …
Lt Col Peter Norman Nissen
Peter Nissen, the Inventor of the Nissen Hut, was born in the USA in on the 6th August 1871. He attended Trinity College, North Carolina leaving in 1891. In 1896 he went to the mining school at Queens University Kingston. Peter Nissen was born in the USA in on the 6th August 1871. He attended Trinity College, North Carolina leaving in 1891. In 1896 he went to the mining …