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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.
Carl Friedrich (Charles Frederick)
Beyer
(1813 - 76)
Carl Friedrich Beyer was the son of a weaver from Plauen in Saxony, and studied at the polytechnic in...
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August
Borsig
(1804 - 54)
(Johann Friedrich) August Borsig was the founder of one of Germany`s principal engineering companies....
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Robert
Bosch
(1861 - 1942)
Robert Bosch is best-known in the history of technology for his role in the development of the spark...
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Thomas
Brassey
(1805 - 70)
Thomas Brassey was the first civil engineering contractor to work on a European, or rather on a global...
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Wernher von
Braun
(1912 - 77)
Wernher von Braun was one of the outstanding pioneers of rocket propulsion of the 20tth century, and...
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Isambard Kingdom
Brunel
(1806 - 59)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the most imaginative figure in the heroic age of British civil engineering....
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Reinhold
Burger
(1866 - 1954)
Reinhold Burger was born in the glassmaking community at Baruth, south of Berlin, and through his work...
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John
Cockerill
(1790 - 1840)
John Cockerill was the archetype of those British engineers who took the technologies of the Industrial...
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Gottlieb
Daimler
(1834 - 1900)
Gottlieb Daimler was one of the outstanding pioneers of the motor industry. Born at Schorndorf, Wurtemburg,...
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Abiah
Darby
(1716 - 94)
Abiah Darby (nee Maude, other married name Sinclair) was the wife of Abraham Darby II (1711-63) of Coalbrookdale,...
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Rudolf
Diesel
(1858 - 1913)
In the course of the 20th century the diesel engine became the principal means of propelling seagoing...
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Francis
Egerton
(1736 - 1803)
The achievements of the third Duke of Bridgewater were summarised in 1805 by Thomas Telford who called...
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