!!!Beschorner, Alexander Markus b. Levice, Slovakia (then Leva), June 1823, d. Vienna, Oct. 31, 1896, manufacturer. Settled in Bruenn (Brno) as tinsmith and in 1860 founded a factory for the manufacture of metal goods in Vienna, later also in Berlin and Budapest; first to manufacture metal coffins from sheet zinc. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Beschorner,_Alexander_Markus|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]