Eduard Schrack

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Grave site of the Schrack family in the Hernals cemetery

Eduard Schrack (born October 6, 1889 in Vienna ; † September 30, 1979 there ) was an Austrian industrialist and is considered the father of the Austrian broadcasting industry.

In 1914 Eduard Schrack invented an optical stereometric system for measuring terrain . In 1918 he was able to manufacture the first electron tubes for tube receivers in Austria . To this end, he founded the Schrack company, which later became Schrack AG and, in the 1990s, Schrack Technik . One of his partners when he was founded was the physicist Robert Ettenreich . In 1928 Schrack received his doctorate (Dr. phil.).

From 1929 to 1939, Schrack also produced in the former Zeiss factory in Vienna before it was handed over to Philips . In 1939 he acquired additional shares in Ericsson Österreichische Elektrizitäts AG . His son Eduard Harald Schrack joined this company in 1952.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Ettenreich in the ÖNB estate directory, accessed on September 16, 2010
  2. ^ Meidling-five-villages-one district, page 105 Meidlinger Kulturkreis, accessed on September 16, 2010
  3. ↑ Dignitaries of the Vienna University of Technology ( Memento from October 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on September 16, 2010
  4. ↑ Who is who in Austria. 1953.

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personal data
SURNAME Schrack, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian radio manufacturing pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1979
Place of death Vienna