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Wild, Heinrich

LC control no.n 78037080
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Personal name headingWild, Heinrich
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Variant(s)Wild, H. (Heinrich)
Associated countrySwitzerland Germany
Associated placeJena (Germany)
Birth date1877-11-15
Death date1951-12-26
Place of birthGlarus (Switzerland : Canton)
Place of deathBaden (Switzerland)
Field of activityInventions Geodesy
AffiliationCarl Zeiss (Firm : 1846)
Profession or occupationInventors Designers
Found inHeinrich Wild, 1877-1951, 1977 (a.e.) p. 5 (Heinrich Wild jun., former dir. of Kern & Co., Aarau, manufacturer of geodetic instruments, son of Heinrich Wild, 1877-1951)
Sw 77-12755 (Heinrich Wild jun.)
Neue Nivellierunstrumente, 1909: t.p. H. Wild
Wikipedia, viewed 19 September 2018: (Heinrich Wild; born Mitlödi, Canton of Glarus, 15 November, 1877; died Baden, Switzerland, 26 December, 1951; Swiss inventor; in 1907 he joined the company of Carl Zeiss, Jena, as a designer of geodetic instruments; in 1921 he founded, with Dr. R. Helbling, the company Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik (later known as Wild Heerbrugg); in 1932 he separated from the company, continuing as a freelance technical designer and inventor, for, amongst others, Kern & Co, Aarau)
Not found inWW Switz., 1974/75; Schweiz. biog. Archiv, 1952-58; Wer ist wer, 1976/77; Kürsch. Gel. Kal., 1976.
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