Henry Deringer
Henry Deringer (born October 26, 1786 in Easton , Pennsylvania , † February 28, 1868 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania) was an American gunsmith . His father was a Thuringian immigrant named Döringer, but changed his name on arrival in America. Like his son, he was a gunsmith, best known for the Kentucky rifles and pistols he made.
Henry Deringer (junior) developed a small pistol in the early 19th century that became his most famous product, the Deringer, which was manufactured in Philadelphia from 1835 to 1868 . The American President Abraham Lincoln was murdered by the actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 with one of these weapons .
Further developments and copies later led to the generic name Derringer for such pistols, which were mainly manufactured by other manufacturers. Later small cartridge weapons manufactured by the American arms industry are also known as Deringer or Derringer.
Web links
- FBI website investigating the Lincoln assassination weapon ( memento of April 16, 2001 on the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Bulletin of the Public Museum of the city of Milwaukee, Volume 9, Part 2
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| SURNAME | Deringer, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American weapons designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1786 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Easton , Pennsylvania , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1868 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |