Hanns Hörbiger
Engineer, Deceased Person
1860 – 1931
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Who was Hanns Hörbiger?
Hanns Hörbiger was an Austrian engineer from Vienna with roots in Tyrol. He took part in the construction of the Budapest subway and in 1894 invented a new type of valve essential for compressors still in widespread use today.
He is also remembered today for his pseudoscientific Welteislehre theory.
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- Born
- Nov 29, 1860
Atzgersdorf - Also known as
- Hans Horbiger
- Johann Evangelist Hörbiger
- Parents
- Spouses
- Leopoldine Janák
(1887/01/09 - 1931/10/11)
- Leopoldine Janák
- Children
- Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Oct 11, 1931
Mauer, Vienna
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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