Wilhelm Franz Exner (born 9 April 1840 in

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; died 25 May 1931 in

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) was former president of the ''Austrian Business Association'' and initiator of the

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Life and education

Exner was the youngest graduate of the ''Polytechnic Institute of the Department of Performing Geometry, Building and Machine Science'' at the age of 22. In 1862, Exner attended the World Exposition in London, where he began to start a network of politics and business. In 1875, Wilhelm Exner was appointed ''Professor of Engineering'' and between 1881 until 1900

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of today’s

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Career

Exner established the modern type of

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, is one of the creator of the

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and was co-founder of the

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. The law for examination and material testing goes also back to him. Due to his affiliation to the ''Austrian Business Association'', the

was established in 1921 and was awarded to outstanding scientists and researchers.

Awards

* 1921:

Others

The ''Wilhelm Exner Hall'' is named after him and was originally a factory bought by the ''Department of Trade'' in 1899. Since 1960, the building is used by the

. The ''Wilhelm Exner Gasse'' is a road in

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and has been named in honour of Exner's 90th birthday in 1930. Since 2015, the ''Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation'' has been honoring the laureates with the Exner Lectures. The laureates include 20 Nobel Prize winners and engineers like

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and

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.''Wilhelm Exner Medal awarded to Professor Thomas J.R. Hughes''
retrieved: 5. Aug. 2019 in Oden.utexas.edu

Publications

* Exner, Wilhelm ''Johann Beckmann : Segrunder Der Technologischen Wissenschaft (1878)'
Bookdepository.com, published: 10 Sep. 2010; Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
* Exner, Wilhelm; ''Studien über Die Verwaltung Des Eisenbahnwesens Mitteleuropaischer Staaten'
Waterstones.com, published: 22. May 2015; Publisher: Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh
* Exner, Wilhelm; ''Das K.K. Polytechnische Institut in Wien, Seine Gründung'
Bookdepository.com, published: 22. Feb 2017; Publisher: Hansebooks
* Exner, Wilhelm; ''Die Hausindustrie Oesterreichs: Ein Commentar zur Hausindustriellen Abtheilung auf der Allgemeinen Land-und Forstwirthschaftl. Ausstellung'
Amazon.co.uk, published: 18 Mar. 2018; Publisher: Forgotten Books
* Exner, Wilhelm; ''Der Antheil Oesterreichs an Den Technischen Fortschritten Der Letzten Hundert Jahre : Zwei Donnerstag-Vorlesungen Gehalten Im Winter-Semester 1873-74'
Bookdepository.com, published: 1 Aug. 2018; Publisher Wentworth Press

References

Weblinks

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