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Single Biographies
History is always made by people. This, of course, equally holds true for the age of the Industrial Revolution.
Following we present a selection of personalities who influenced the European industrial history.
Victor
Hasselblad
(1906 - 1978)
The Hasselblad company pioneered new technology in photography in the twentieth century. Its origins...
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Artur
Hazelius
(1833 - 1901)
Artur Hazelius founded the open air museum called Skansen at Stockholm, which has given its name to collections...
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Alfred Henry
Heineken
(1923 - 2002)
Alfred Heineken transformed his family’s brewing business in the second half of the 20th century into...
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George
Herbert
(1814 - 1902)
The memoirs of George Herbert portray with unusual clarity the way of life of an urban craftsman, who...
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Franciscus Quirien den
Hollander
(1893 - 1982)
Franciscus Quirien den Hollander was a railway manager, notable in the Netherlands as the man who directed...
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Archibald
Hood
(1823 - 1902)
Archibald Hood was one of the mining engineers who transformed the coal industry in Europe in the course...
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Alojzy [George]
Juhlke
(1925)
Alojzy Juhlke was one of many millions of East Europeans whose lives were changed utterly by the Second...
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Alfred
Krupp
(1812 - 87)
The records of the Krupp family in the Rhineland date from 1587, and by the early 19th century their...
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Carl Gustaf Patrick de
Laval
(1845 - 1913)
Laval was a Swedish engineer whose innovations profoundly influenced the growth of the dairy industry...
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Reinhard
Mannesmann
(1856 - 1922)
Reinhard Mannesmann was a member of a family with deep roots in the iron-working traditions of the Bergisches...
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Guglielmo
Marconi
(1874 - 1937)
Marconi was both an inventor and an entrepreneur, the pioneer of radio in Europe.
He was born in...
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Jacob Cornelis van
Marken
(1845 - 1906)
Jacob van Marken was a pioneer in the move towards the factory production of food that took place throughout...
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