!!!Mayer, Ignatz b. Ofen (Budapest, Hungary), Oct. 19, 1810, d. Linz (Upper Austria), Aug. 31, 1876, industrialist. Founded the Linz shipyard in 1840 and after a journey to England (1837) began to build iron ships. 1873 sold the shipyard to the Allgemeine Oesterreichische Baugesellschaft. !Literature OeBL; NDB. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Mayer,_Ignatz|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]