Alois Auer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alois Auer

Austrian printer, inventor and illustrator

Date of Birth: 11-May-1813

Place of Birth: Wels, Upper Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 10-Jul-1869

Profession: photographer, illustrator, botanical illustrator

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alois Auer (1813 – 11 June 1869) was a printer, inventor and botanical illustrator, most active during the 1840s and 1850s.
He produced a number of works in German and other languages, including the first regarding the nature printing process.
He was the director of the Austrian State Printing House, which created illustrated volumes of scientific interest and produced many advances in printing technology.
His name, in the full title of the hereditary knighthood he was given, is Alois Auer Ritter von Welsbach (Knight of Welsbach).