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'''Otto Böttger''' ( | '''Otto Böttger''' (1 September 1842-1 August 1907) was a significant optical and scientific instrumentmaker in Adelaide. While he ran his business for only 20 years, it gained such a high reputation that it became the major supplier of scientific and engineering instruments to the South Australian colonial government and the Boettger name continued as the business name into the 1970s. | ||
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| name = Otto Böttger | | name = Otto Böttger | ||
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| occupation = {{unbulleted list|Optical and scientific instrumentmaker}} | | occupation = {{unbulleted list|Optical and scientific instrumentmaker}} | ||
| resting_place = <!-- cemetery name and location--> | | resting_place = <!-- cemetery name and location--> | ||
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|1. Johanne (married bef. 1877)}} | | spouse = {{unbulleted list|1. [[Johanne Boettger (1843-1921)|Johanne Maria Luisa Anna Vielhaack]] (married bef. 1877)}} | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Created by [[Benjamin Hollister]] and made available under [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0]]. | Created by [[Benjamin Hollister]] and made available under [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0]]. | ||
Böttger was born in Elbefeld, near the city of Dusseldorf, in the Rhine Province of Prussia, | Böttger was born on the first of Septemeber, 1842, in Elbefeld, near the city of Dusseldorf, in the Rhine Province of Prussia, the son of Wilhelm and Julia (née Schmidt) Böttger. | ||
=== In Germany === | === In Germany === | ||
=== In Australia === | === In Australia === | ||
Revision as of 05:28, 27 September 2023
Otto Böttger (1 September 1842-1 August 1907) was a significant optical and scientific instrumentmaker in Adelaide. While he ran his business for only 20 years, it gained such a high reputation that it became the major supplier of scientific and engineering instruments to the South Australian colonial government and the Boettger name continued as the business name into the 1970s.
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| Born | 1842 Elberfeld, Rhine Province, Prussia (Elberfeld, Düsseldorf, Rheinprovinz, Preussen) |
| Died | 1 August 1907 Cologne, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany |
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Biography
Created by Benjamin Hollister and made available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0.
Böttger was born on the first of Septemeber, 1842, in Elbefeld, near the city of Dusseldorf, in the Rhine Province of Prussia, the son of Wilhelm and Julia (née Schmidt) Böttger.
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In Australia
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