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Carl Zeiss

1816 - 1888

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Zeiss is the 132nd most popular physicist (down from 89th in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from Germany (down from 288th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Physicist.

Carl Zeiss is a company that manufactures optical instruments. Carl Zeiss is most famous for their high-quality lenses, which are used in cameras, microscopes, and eyeglasses.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Carl Zeiss ranks 132 out of 851. Before him are Alfred Kastler, Josiah Willard Gibbs, William Rowan Hamilton, Arthur Compton, Simon van der Meer, and James Rainwater. After him are Hans Bethe, James Franck, Robert Coleman Richardson, Emilio Segrè, Emil Lenz, and George Gamow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Carl Zeiss ranks 3. Before him are Charlotte Brontë, and Werner von Siemens. After him are Arthur de Gobineau, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Eugène Edine Pottier, Maria Theresa of Austria, Abbas I of Egypt, Paul Reuter, Wazir Akbar Khan, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, and Carl Ludwig. Among people deceased in 1888, Carl Zeiss ranks 8. Before him are Louisa May Alcott, John Stith Pemberton, John Bosco, Frederick III, German Emperor, Rudolf Clausius, and Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria. After him are Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Nikolay Przhevalsky, François Achille Bazaine, Anton Mauve, Charles-Valentin Alkan, and Paul Langerhans.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Zeiss ranks 327 out of 7,253. Before him are Anton Drexler (1884), Bertha Benz (1849), Katharina von Bora (1498), Richard Dedekind (1831), Carl Bosch (1874), and Erich Hartmann (1922). After him are Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Wilhelm Frick (1877), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), and Gustav Stresemann (1878).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Carl Zeiss ranks 19. Before him are Otto von Guericke (1602), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Walther Bothe (1891), Ernst Ruska (1906), and Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787). After him are James Franck (1882), Arno Allan Penzias (1933), Rudolf Mössbauer (1929), George Paget Thomson (1892), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), and Gerd Binnig (1947).

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