Wild, Heinrich

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Name (Latin)
Wild, Heinrich
Other forms of name
Wild, H. (Heinrich)
Date of birth
1877-11-15
Date of death
1951-12-26
Associated country
Germany
Switzerland
Field of activity
Geodesy
Inventions
Occupation
Designers
Inventors
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 55087264
Wikidata: Q118790
Library of congress: n 78037080
Sources of Information
  • Heinrich Wild, 1877-1951, 1977 (a.e.)p. 5 (Heinrich Wild jun., former dir. of Kern & Co., Aarau, manufacturer of geodetic instruments, son of Heinrich Wild, 1877-1951)
  • Neue Nivellierunstrumente, 1909:t.p. H. Wild
  • Sw 77-12755(Heinrich Wild jun.)
  • Wikipedia, viewed 19 September 2018:(Heinrich Wild; born Mitlödi, Canton of Glarus, 15 November, 1877; died Baden, Switzerland, 26 December, 1951; Swiss inventor; in 1907 he joined the company of Carl Zeiss, Jena, as a designer of geodetic instruments; in 1921 he founded, with Dr. R. Helbling, the company Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik (later known as Wild Heerbrugg); in 1932 he separated from the company, continuing as a freelance technical designer and inventor, for, amongst others, Kern & Co, Aarau)
  • Jakob Hegner, 1952:
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