Mikael Pedersen Historie
Mikael Pedersen History
Mikael Pedersen was born in 1855
near Roskilde / Denmark. Mikael was the oldest of 6 siblings, his parents had agriculture.
Mikael did his technical training in Roskilde - in a factory for agricultural equipment. After his graduation he already applied for patents for various developments.
In 1885
Pedersen's revolutionary milk centrifuge "Alexandra" was patented. From 1889
the Danish produced centrifuge was successfully assembled and sold by the English manufacturer R.A. Lister.
Pedersen moved to Dursley to be on site and to furthermore developments and their production. The centrifuge, "The Alexandra", was a great success for Lister and Pedersen - Mikael became a wealthy man.
In 1893
the patent for the Pedersen bike was granted in England and from 1897
it was produced in the rooms of the Old Pin Mill in Dursley. In 1898
Pedersen's US financier Hooley was bankrupt and the company Lister filled the financial gap. Pedersen developed military versions in his frame design, motorcycles, ladies' bikes, tandems and multi-seaters.
In 1903
the legendary Pedersen "3-speed-hub" was published. This three-speed gear hub did not work as an epicyclic gearing but had a countershaft.
In 1905
the Pedersen Company was completely taken over by Lister, which produced the Dursley Pedersen until 1915.
Mikael turned to other tasks. During the 1st World War he produced fine measuring instruments, improved gear milling machines and developed magneto igniters for aircraft engines.
Mikael Pedersen, the ingenious developer and designer had a hard time in business and his family life wasn't very happy either. He married three times.
In 1918
he moved with his third wife Ingeborg from Dursley to London.
In 1920
Mikael Pedersen returned to Denmark, separated from his family and his three sons.
When he died in 1929
in an old people's home in Copenhagen, impoverished and forgotten, he was buried in an unmarked grave.
In 1995
Pedersen was buried again. This time in Dursley and this time with more than 300 guests. The family from Denmark and Pedersen bike friends from many countries came together. And this time there is also a gravestone.
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