!!!Widmanstätten Beck-Widmannstetter, Alois von b. Graz (Styria), July 12, 1754, d. Vienna, June 10, 1849, natural scientist. Inherited his family's printing firm, (founded in Graz in 1585); director of the spinning-mill at Pottendorf from 1804-1807; director of the Emperor Franz I's Cabinet for Manufactured Goods (Fabriksproduktenkabinett) from 1807-1815. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Beckh-Widmanstätten,_Alois|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]