Bruno Tideman

Bruno Joannes Tideman was a naval engineer in the Netherlands, who acted as consultant to the ship building industry. In 1873, he designed a new type of engine that enabled ships to gain significant speed, which at the time was considered a revolutionary innovation.
On 11 February 1883, Tideman died at the age of 48 of a stomach ailment.
A descendant, also Bruno Tideman, founded a new boatbuilding company, Tideman Boats, in 2006. Tideman boats builds high-speed workboats out of HDPE.