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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.
Chistopher
Polhem
(1661 - 1751)
Christopher Polhem was a polymath whose understanding of the natural world was based on experience gained...
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Ferdinand
Porsche
(1875 - 1951)
Ferdinand Porsche was one of the outstanding automobile engineers of the 20th century and was principally...
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Emil
Rathenau
(1838 - 1915)
Emil Rathenau was the founder of one of the most influential German companies of the first half of the...
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Sir Harry
Ricardo
(1885 - 1974)
Henry Ricardo made many innovations in mechanical engineering that had implications throughout Europe,...
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Henry
Roberts
(1803 - 76)
Henry Roberts was an English architect whose designs influenced the provision of social housing throughout...
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Alessandro
Rossi
(1821 - 98)
Alessandro Rossi was born in Schio, a citizen of the Habsburg Empire, which, until the Austro-Prussian...
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Seebohm
Rowntree
(1871 - 1954)
Seebohm Rowntree was one of the most influential figures in social thinking in 20th century Europe. He...
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Giovanni
Sacchi
(1913 - 98)
Giovanni Sacchi was a maker of wooden models whose work had a profound influence on the design of consumer...
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Sir Titus
Salt
(1803 - 1876)
Sir Titus Salt was one of the most eminent entrepreneurs in Victorian Britain, and left a lasting legacy...
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Sir Bernhard
Samuelson
(1820 - 1905)
Bernhard Samuelson promoted the international diffusion of technology in the iron and steel and mechanical...
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Joseph-Eugene
Schneider
(1803 - 75)
Joseph-Eugene Schneider (1803-75) and his brother Adolphe (1802-48), whose origins were at Bazeilles...
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Gösta Michael
Serlachius
(1876 - 1942)
Gösta Serlachius was one of the leading Finnish entrepreneurs of the first half of the 20th century,...
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