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15.05.13
ERIH Annual Conference 2013 - Save the date - Call for papers now open
ERIH Annual Conference 2013 – Back in the Ruhr
Subject: “Measuring the benefits of industrial...
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Review of the ERIH Annual Conference 2012
More than 100 delegates from 15 European Countries attended the ERIH Conference 2012 in September...
21.02.13
Call for papers: Rust, Regeneration and Romance: Iron and Steel Landscapes and Cultures
International Conference Announcement and Call for Papers from the Ironbridge International...

Biographies
Ce sont toujours les hommes qui font l’Histoire… il en est de même pour l’époque de la révolution industrielle.
Nous vous présentons ci-après un choix de personnalités qui ont profondément marqué l’histoire industrielle européenne.

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....
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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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