Alois Auer von Welsbach | |
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| Born | Alois Auer 11 May 1813 |
| Died | 10 July 1869 (aged 56) |
| Other names | Alois Ritter Auer von Welsbach |
| Spouse | Therese Neuditschka[1] |
| Children | 4, including Carl Auer von Welsbach |
Alois Auer (11 May 1813 – 10 July 1869) was an Austrian printer, inventor and botanical illustrator, most active during the 1840s and 1850s. He produced a number of works in German and other languages, including the first regarding the nature printing process. He was the director of the Austrian state's official printing house (Hof- und Staatsdruckerei), which created illustrated volumes of scientific interest and produced many advances in printing technology. His full name in later life, incorporating the Austrian hereditary knighthood that he was given in 1860, was Alois Ritter Auer von Welsbach.[2][3]
- ^ Alfred Anthony von Siegenfeld. Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Haeuser Oesterreichs (in German). Рипол Классик. p. 55. ISBN 978-5-88073-613-3.
- ^ Gravestone of the Auer von Welsbach family in Vienna, Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ Alfred Anthony von Siegenfeld. Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Haeuser Oesterreichs (in German). Рипол Классик. p. 54. ISBN 978-5-88073-613-3.