Bosch biography
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Hieronymus Bosch
Dutch painter (c. –)
This article is about the Dutch painter. For other uses, see Hieronymus Bosch (disambiguation).
Hieronymus Bosch (;[1][2][3][4]Dutch:[ɦijeːˈroːnimʏzˈbɔs]ⓘ;[a] born Jheronimus van Aken[5][jeːˈroːnimʏsfɑnˈaːkə(n)];[b]c.&#;&#;– 9 August ) was a Dutch painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on oak wood, mainly contains fantastic illustrations of religious concepts and narratives.[6] Within his lifetime, his work was collected in the Netherlands, Austria, and Spain, and widely copied, especially his macabre and nightmarish depictions of hell.
Little is known of Bosch's life, though there are some records. He spent most of it in the town of 's-Hertogenbosch, where he was born in his grandfather's house. The roots of his forefathers are in Nijmegen and Aachen (which is visible in his surname: Van Aken). His pessimistic fantastical style cast a wide influence on northern art of the 16th century, with Pieter Bruegel the Elder being his best-known follower. Today, Bosch is seen as a highly individualistic painter with deep insight into humanity's
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Robert Bosch (–)
Robert Bosch is best-known in the history of technology for his role in the development of the spark plug, and in business history as the founder of what has become a global electronics group.
He was born near Ulm, where he attended school, and where he served an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic. On completing his apprenticeship he spent short spells working for other German companies and for Thomas Edison in the United States and for Sir William Siemens in England.
In he opened a ‘workshop for precision mechanics and electrical engineering’ in Stuttgart. He was concerned with the development of ignition systems for internal combustion engines, and in produced a magneto ignition device that could be used on a vehicle. In one of his engineers invented the commercially viable high voltage spark plug that made possible the continued development of the motorcar, and proved the basis of his company’s prosperity. Bosch produced a diesel fuel injector system in , and the company has continued to innovate in automotive technology in the decades since the Second World War.
Bosch was always anxious to spread his company’s operations beyond the frontiers of Germany and opened an agency in London in During the s he determined to diversify its operations and bega
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Hieronymus Bosch - Biography
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