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Alexandre Horowitz (1904-1982) was a Belgian-born Dutch engineer and inventor.

Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz was born in 1904 in Antwerp (Belgium) to parents of East-European Jewish heritage , and lived from 1914 in The Netherlands until his death in 1982 . He has 136 patents awarded to his name over a period of 50 years covering a wide variety of products including prefab housing, farm machinery (e.g. Vicon , see below) and oil industry equipment . His most well-known invention however is the Philishave rotary electric razor .

In 1980 Horowitz was elected Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers .

External links / References

A biography on the "Electric Shaver Page"

Philishave collectors Club , see history .

/Picture of a Vicon rotary plough

biografie op nl.wiki

Hans Schippers , Vader van de Philishave , Dutch periodical "De Ingenieur" nr. 3 - 16 februari 2000 , p. 49

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-'''Alexandre Horowitz''' (1904-1982) was a Dutch technical engineer and inventor .
+'''Alexandre Horowitz''' (1904-1982) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]]-born [[Dutch]] [[engineer]] and [[inventor]].
-Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz was born in 1904 at Antwerp (Belgium) to parents of East-European Jewish heritage , and lived from 1914 in The Netherlands until his death in 1982 . He has 136 [[patents]] awarded to his name over a period of 50 years covering a wide variety of products including prefab housing , farm machinery (e.g. Vicon , see below) and oil industry equipment . His most well-known invention however is the [[Philishave]] rotary [[electric razor]] .
+Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz was born in 1904 in [[Antwerp]] (Belgium) to parents of East-European Jewish heritage , and lived from 1914 in The Netherlands until his death in 1982 . He has 136 [[patents]] awarded to his name over a period of 50 years covering a wide variety of products including [[Prefabricated home|prefab housing]], farm machinery (e.g. Vicon , see below) and oil industry equipment . His most well-known invention however is the [[Philishave]] rotary [[electric razor]] .
 In 1980 Horowitz was elected Honorary Member of the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] .
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