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Mergenthaler Printing Company
Mergenthaler is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian Mergenthaler (1884–1980), Nazi German politician and Ministerpräsident of Württemberg * Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854–1899), German-American inventor of the Linotype machine * Sara Mergenthaler (born 1979), American sports sailor See also * Mergenthaler Linotype Company, a US corporation founded in 1886 to market the Linotype machine * Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, a trade school in Baltimore, Maryland * Morgenthaler (name) * Morgentaler Morgentaler is a family name (or surname) of Jewish families from Poland. Origin The family name Morgentaler developed among Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. Distribution Until World War II in Poland, mainly in Łódź. The Central Database of Sh ... {{surname, Mergenthaler German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Mergenthaler
Julius Christian Mergenthaler (8 November 1884 – 11 September 1980), was a Nazi German politician, member of the Reichstag and Württemberg Landtag, Ministerpräsident of Württemberg and Culture Minister. Early life Christian Mergenthaler was born in the Württemberg town of Waiblingen, the son of a baker. He attended grammar school there between 1894 and 1898 and then graduated from high school in Cannstatt in 1902. After studying in Stuttgart, Tübingen and Göttingen, he passed the first service exam for secondary school teachers in 1907, spent 1908-1909 as a National service volunteer, and then passed the second exam in 1911. Following that, he was employed as senior teacher in the grammar and high schools in Leonberg. During World War I he served as an artillery officer, much of that time at the front. In 1920 Mergenthaler became a Gymnasium Professor in the town of Schwäbisch Hall. A conservative German nationalist, with an anti-Semitic character, his radicalized war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler (11 May 1854 – 28 October 1899) was a German-American inventor who has been called a second Gutenberg, as Mergenthaler invented the linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. This machine revolutionized the art of printing. Life and career Mergenthaler was born into a German family in Hachtel, Kingdom of Württemberg. He was the third son of a school teacher, Johann Georg Mergenthaler, from Hohenacker near the city of Waiblingen. He was apprenticed to a watchmaker in Bietigheim before emigrating to the United States in 1872 to work with his cousin August Hahl in Washington, D.C. Mergenthaler eventually moved with Hahl's shop to Baltimore, Maryland. In 1878, Mergenthaler became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In 1881, Mergenthaler became Hahl's business partner. Invention of the Linotype In 1876, Mergenthaler was approached by James O. Clephane and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Mergenthaler
Sarah Mergenthaler (born 21 April 1979) is an American sports sailor. She was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, United States, and graduated from Marlboro High School.Wentworth, Bridget"Marlboro's Mergenthaler, teammate protest after disappointing sailing result" ''The Star-Ledger'', August 11, 2008. Accessed January 15, 2020. "Marlboro High graduate Sarah Mergenthaler and her teammate, Amanda Clark, finished 12th in both races of the women's 470 two-person dinghy event this morning, leaving them in 13th place, according to the Associated Press." She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China in the women's 470. Sailing alongside Amanda Clark Amanda Clark (born March 26, 1982) is an American sports sailor. She was born in Southampton, New York. In 2002, Clark won the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded National Championship in 2002. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Peop ... the pair finished in 12th position. References 1979 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company is a corporation founded in the United States in 1886 to market the Linotype machine (), a system to cast metal type in lines (linecaster) invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler. It became the world's leading manufacturer of book and newspaper typesetting equipment; outside North America, its only serious challenger for book typesetting was the Anglo-American Monotype Corporation. Starting in 1960, the Mergenthaler Linotype Company became a major supplier of phototypesetting equipment which included laser typesetters, typefonts, scanners, typesetting computers. In 1987, the US-based Mergenthaler Linotype Company became part of the German Linotype-Hell AG; in the US the company name changed to Linotype Co. In 1996, the German Linotype-Hell AG was taken over by the German printing machine company Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. A separate business, Linotype Library GmbH was established to manage the digital assets. In 2005, Linotype Library GmbH shortened i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School
Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School (commonly referred to as "Mervo" or "MerVo-Tech") is a public high school in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is one of the two premiere vocational-technical high schools of the city, the other being Carver Vocational-Technical High School, on Presstman Street, on the other side of the city in West Baltimore. Mervo was opened in 1953, established as a vocational-technical school that is named after Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854-1899), the inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine which revolutionized the printing and newspaper industries. The school, according to its website, uses its curriculum to "educate students to function in an industrial and challenging technological society." All students must apply and meet certain standards of entrance criteria for acceptance to the school. In 2008, "Mervo" had been named by the '' U.S. News & World Report'' magazine, as a "Bronze Medal" school. In 2012, The Mervo Mustangs Alumni Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgenthaler (name)
Morgenthaler is a family name (or surname) from German speaking Europe. Origin The name Morgenthaler means ''person from the morning valley''. It developed from the description of a person coming from a place called ''Morning Valley''; in ancient German orthography ''Morgen Thal''. The final syllable (or suffix) ''-er'' signifies geographical origin of a person (as in English ''New Yorker''). The distribution of the name in Europe and around the world part of the website PublicProfiler leads to the conclusion of most probable origins of the name in Switzerland or in southern Germany. Distribution Mainly in Switzerland (with an amassment in two ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgentaler
Morgentaler is a family name (or surname) of Jewish families from Poland. Origin The family name Morgentaler developed among Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. Distribution Until World War II in Poland, mainly in Łódź. The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names enlists many Jewish Morgentaler victims of the Holocaust. Few Polish Morgentalers survived and emigrated. Today's spreading is relatively high in Canada and Serbia. Part of the website PublicProfiler People * Dr. Henry Morgentaler (1923, ), Canadian physician and abortion activist ** ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
