Ottmar Mergenthaler
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Place of death
- Baltimore
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Protestant church
- Award
- John Scott Award
- Notable work
- linotype machine
- Image
- Ottmar Mergenthaler, at approximately 45 years old.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
- Significant event
- emigration
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- Commons category
- Ottmar Mergenthaler
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1854-05-10
- date of death
- 1899-10-28
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
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