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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.

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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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