Adolphe d'Eggis
Adolphe d'Eggis (* 1855 in Friborg ; † February 8, 1941 there ) was a Swiss inventor and banker .
Together with Georges Python , he founded the Freiburg State Bank in 1892 . In 1904 he was a co-founder of the Freiburg Conservatory. As finance officer of the Holy See from 1904 he received from Pius X. in 1905 the hereditary title of Count Adolphe Prosper, 1er comte d'Eggis .
He was an active member of numerous learned societies and created two popular science journals, namely in 1879 Le Monde de la science et de l'industrie and in 1886 La Science pratique .
Adolphe d'Eggis was the half-brother of the writer Étienne Eggis .
Inventions
- Velographe Eggis (1886)
- Automultiplicateur Eggis (around 1892), an automatic calculating machine.
Web links
- Pierre-Philippe Bugnard / MD: Eggis, Adolphe d '. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eggis, Adolphe d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss inventor and banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friborg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1941 |
| Place of death | Friborg |