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Ottmar Mergenthaler

1854 - 1899

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Ottmar Mergenthaler (11 May 1854 – 28 October 1899) was a German-American inventor who invented the linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. This machine revolutionized the art of printing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ottmar Mergenthaler is the 323rd most popular inventor (down from 233rd in 2019), the 4,523rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,068th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Ottmar Mergenthaler ranks 323 out of 426. Before him are Walter Bruch, John Shepherd-Barron, Nils Bohlin, Didi Senft, Alexander P. de Seversky, and George Devol. After him are Jacob Ellehammer, Jozef Murgaš, Georges Beuchat, William Justin Kroll, Peter Carl Goldmark, and Jack Northrop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Ottmar Mergenthaler ranks 100. Before him are Théodore Flournoy, Niels Neergaard, Napoleon Cybulski, Germán Riesco, Aristarkh Belopolsky, and Adela Zamudio. After him are Giuseppe Veronese, Hans Jæger, Ernest Belfort Bax, Yehuda Pen, Joseph Jacobs, and David Dunbar Buick. Among people deceased in 1899, Ottmar Mergenthaler ranks 70. Before him are Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Antonio Luna, Zsófia Torma, Klaus Groth, Juan Luna, and Gaëtan de Rochebouët. After him are Numa Droz, James Paget, Grant Allen, Teuku Umar, Wendela Hebbe, and Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ottmar Mergenthaler ranks 4,526 out of 7,253. Before him are Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782), Frank Beyer (1932), Eberhard Jäckel (1929), Charlotte Auerbach (1899), Ludwig Mond (1839), and Gustav Lindau (1866). After him are Jeri Ryan (1968), Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter (1787), Felix Dahn (1834), Reinhold Schünzel (1886), Özlem Türeci (1967), and Wilhelm Heye (1869).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Ottmar Mergenthaler ranks 41. Before him are Eugen Langen (1833), Adolf Martens (1850), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Wilhelm Bauer (1822), Walter Bruch (1908), and Didi Senft (1952). After him are Heinrich Gerber (1832), Albrecht Berblinger (1770), Andy Bechtolsheim (1955), and Karl Jatho (1873).

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