Carl Walther, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl Walther

German gunsmith

Date of Birth: 22-Nov-1858

Place of Birth: Zella-Mehlis, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1915

Profession: entrepreneur, inventor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Carl Walther

  • Not to be confused with the American Lutheran evangelist, C.
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  • Walther.Carl Wilhelm Freund Walther (22 November 1858 – 9 July 1915) was a German gunsmith from Zella-Mehlis, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who in 1886 founded the firm of Carl Walther GmbH, generally known as Walther. Carl Walther's father, August Theodor Albert Walther, was a brass and iron caster.
  • His mother, Rosalie Wilhelmine Amalie Pistor, came from the gunsmith family of Pistor, and was the daughter of William Pistor.
  • Carl Walther studied under gunsmith Willibald Barthelmes, and later under Albin Schneider.
  • He worked for the Jopp company in Zella-Mehlis, making Mauser rifles.
  • In the fall of 1886 he opened his own gunshop in Zella-Mehlis and soon hired additional workmen to meet the demand for the sporting rifles he made.
  • In 1888, he married Minna Georgine Pickert, the daughter of the revolver manufacturer Christian Friedrich Pickert, and they had five sons.
  • In 1903, after three of his sons entered the firm, the focus turned to the production of pistols.
  • In 1908 Carl Walther together with Fritz Walther, his eldest son, designed and produced the first usable German self-loading pistol.
  • Fritz Walther took over the management of the firm after his father's death in 1915.

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