Carl Zeiss
1816–88
German mechanic and industrialist. Founder of the Carl Zeiss optical firm in Jena, 1846. Following his success in producing cheaper and better simple microscopes than his competitors, Zeiss began to collaborate with Ernst Abbe, a theoretical physicist, on the development of advanced compound microscopes.
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ADB
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
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