Died 1900-08-08.
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Emil Škoda
Emil Ritter von Škoda was a Czech engineer and industrialist, founder of Škoda Works, the predecessor of today's Škoda Auto and Škoda Transportation.
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business · Bohemian engineer and industrialist (1839–1900) · entrepreneur · mechanical engineer · university teacher · politician · engineer · industrialist · technician · also Emil Škoda, Emil von Škoda, Emil Skoda, Škoda
Born 18 November 1839 · Died 8 August 1900 · Q375126
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1899· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the House of Lords (Austria) (1899).
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As the Škoda Works, which would become famous for its arms production in both World War I and World War II and for a wide range of other industrial and transportation products
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1869· 1 entry
And began to expand it, building a railway connection to the facility in 1886 and adding an arms factory in 1890 to produce machine guns for the Austro-Hungarian Army
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1866· 1 entry
Became chief engineer of the machine factory of Ernst Fürst von Waldstein-Wartenberg, founded in 1859 at Plzeň
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1839· 1 entry
Born 1839-11-18.
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