Person: VON ZEPPELIN, Graf Ferdinand (1838-1917)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Graf Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August VON ZEPPELIN

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

aircraft pioneer and subject of lantern slides

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

8 July 1838

born at

Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

8 March 1917

died at

Berlin, Germany

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- The Zeppelin: with Portrait

Slide set references

minor subject of: Graf Zeppelin und sein luftschiff (lecture: Theodor Benzinger, 65 slides, c.1909)

image appears in: The conquest of the air: chapter II -- dirigibles (lecture: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1910)

Reference

Hugo Eckener, Graf Zeppelin und sein luftschiff (Stuttgart: Theodor Benzinger, c.1909)

Lucerna ID 6004048

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 29 May 2014

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Person: VON ZEPPELIN, Graf Ferdinand (1838-1917)