Engelbert Krauskopf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German-American gunsmith and naturalist
Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1820
Place of Birth: Bendorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Date of Death: 11-Jul-1881
Profession: gunsmith, botanist
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Engelbert Krauskopf
- Engelbert Krauskopf (August 21, 1820 – July 11, 1881) was a German-American settler, gunsmith, and naturalist.
- Born in Bendorf, Germany, he emigrated to the United States in 1846, and became a settler of Fredericksburg, Texas.
- He was trained as a cabinetmaker and gunsmith, and during the American Civil War once made a gun barrel especially for Robert E.
- Lee.
- He was also an inventor: when ammunition became scarce during the Civil War he and silversmith Adolph Lungkwitz developed a process for the manufacture of gun-caps.
- In 1872 he patented an improvement to a throttle valve stand with John M.
- Compant, and one of his last inventions was a microscope in the form of a magic lantern.
- An amateur botanist, he described the species Hesperaloe engelmannii (commonly known as Engelmann's red yucca).
- The standard author abbreviation Krauskopf is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
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