Ernst Voss
German entrepreneur and engineer
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::summary German entrepreneur and engineer ::
Ernst Voss (January 12, 1842 in Fockbek – August 1, 1920 in Hamburg) was a German shipbuilder and co-company founder of German company Blohm+Voss.
Life
Since 1863 Voss studied in Zürich, Switzerland engineering. After his university studies he worked in England for company Gwynne und R.Elder & Co. Together with Hermann Blohm he founded on 5 April 1877 German company Blohm & Voss as a general partnership, to build steel-hulled ships. They established a shipyard on the island of Kuhwerder, near the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Grab_Voss_(Moser)FriedhofOhlsdorf(1).jpg" caption="Graveyard of Ernst Voss"] ::
References
References
- [https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/chronologie/Blohm-Voss-Mut-und-Koennen-in-einem-Pott,blohmundvoss122.html NDR.de: Blohm + Voss: Mut und Können in einem Pott (german)]
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