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Carl Zeiss
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Carl Friedrich Zeiss (1816–1888) was a German entrepreneur, photographer, physicist, and engineer whose primary field of work was optics. Born in Weimar and a citizen of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, he received his education at the Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium and Friedrich Schiller University Jena. He worked for Carl Zeiss AG and died in Jena.
Zeiss authored several works, including *Photographic Objectives and Photo-Optical Auxiliary Appliances*, *Mikroskope und Mikroskopische Hilfsapparate*, and *Klinische kolorimetrie mit dem Pulfrich-photometer*. Other titles include *Die Bilderzeugung in Optischen Instrumenten Vom Standpunkte der Geometrischen Optik* and *Optische Werkstaette, Jena*. His writings were produced in German, and he is described in sources such as the *Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie* and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Photographic Objectives and Photo-Optical Auxiliary Appliances
- Mikroskope und Mikroskopische Hilfsapparate
- Klinische kolorimetrie mit dem Pulfrich-photometer
- Die Bilderzeugung in Optischen Instrumenten Vom Standpunkte der Geometrischen Optik
- Optische Werkstaette, Jena
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- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Place of birth
- Weimar
- Place of death
- Jena
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium
- Employer
- Carl Zeiss AG
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- optics
- Image
- Carl Zeiss (6909161791).jpg
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- Carl Zeiss
- date of birth
- 1816-09-11
- date of death
- 1888-12-03
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- Carl Zeiss
- name in native language
- Carl Friedrich Zeiss
- writing language
- German
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Carl Zeiss ( German: [kaʁl ˈtsaɪs]; 11 September 1816 – 3 December 1888) was a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman. In 1846 he founded his workshop, which is still in business as Zeiss. Zeiss gathered a group of gifted practical and theoretical opticians and glass makers to reshape most aspects of optical instrument production. His collaboration with Ernst Abbe revolutionized optical theory and practical design of microscopes. Their quest to extend these advances brought Otto Schott into the enterprises to revolutionize optical glass manufacture. The firm of Carl Zeiss grew to one of the largest and most respected optical firms in the world.
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