Person: WINTER, John, senior (1825-1906)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Johann WINTER senior

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

inventor; contributor to OMLJ, 1895

Main period of activity

1890s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1825

born at

Nieder-Mörlen, Hessen, Germany

1895

resident

Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.

1906

~80

died at

Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.

Hardware linked to this person

inventor: Stereopticon Cyclorama (panoramic projection system, 1890s)

Texts linked to this person

Article (1)

John Winter, ‘Stereopticon Cyclorama’ in OMLJ 6.72 (May 1895)

Notes

He was born as Johann Winter, but adopted the first name John at some point after emigrating to the United States.
Many thanks to Hans-Dieter Graf for biographical information about Winter.

Lucerna ID 6003093

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 March 2012

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Person: WINTER, John, senior (1825-1906)