Georg Altmütter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Altmütter

Austrian technologist

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1787

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1858

Profession: engineer, university teacher, historian of technology

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Georg Altmütter (6 October 1787, Vienna – 2 January 1858) was an Austrian technologist. He was a student at the Universities of Vienna and Prague, afterwards serving as an assistant of physics at the Theresianum in Vienna.
From 1816 until his death he was a professor of mechanical technology at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. Altmütter is remembered for his technical innovations and inventions, such as improvements for the fabrication of playing cards, a casting process for pinheads, production of terrestrial and celestial globes, and development of new tools, to name a few.
His extensive tool collection is now housed at the Technical Museum in Vienna.Since 1892, the Altmüttergasse in the Alsergrund district of Vienna has been named in his honor.
Altmütter was a good friend of playwright Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872).