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Carl Zeiss: Quick Facts

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Born September 11, 1816 • Weimar • Germany
Died December 3, 1888 (aged 72) • Jena • Germany
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John Henry Belter
American cabinetmaker
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Bernhard Voldemar Schmidt
German optician
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Georg von Reichenbach
German instrument maker
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Peter Dollond
British optician
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
German-born English engineer and inventor
John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
German-born American engineer
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David Roentgen
European cabinetmaker
Alfred Krupp, portrait by Julius Grün, c. 1880
Alfred Krupp
German industrialist
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Gustav
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
German diplomat and industrialist
Werner von Siemens, drawing by Ismael Gentz, 1887
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Alfried
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
German industrialist
Thonet, Michael: bentwood chair
Michael Thonet
German-Austrian furniture maker
Karl Benz
Karl Benz
German engineer
Stinnes, Hugo
Hugo Stinnes
German industrialist
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Adam Weisweiler
French cabinetmaker
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Konrad Wachsmann
German-born American architect
Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin
Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin
German military official
Dornier, Claudius
Claudius Dornier
German engineer
Messerschmitt, 1941
Willy Messerschmitt
German engineer
Eckener, 1931
Hugo Eckener
German aeronautical engineer