Louis Zimmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Astronomer and clockmaker to the King of Belgium
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Place of Birth: Lier, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Louis Zimmer
- Louis Zimmer (8 September 1888 – 12 December 1970) was an astronomer and clockmaker to the King of Belgium.
- Most notably in 1930 he built the Jubilee (or Centenary) Clock, which is displayed on the front of the Zimmer tower.
- The Zimmer tower (Dutch: Zimmertoren) is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's fourteenth century city fortifications.
- In the museum near the tower in addition to many of Zimmer's other clock is the huge clock he constructed for the 1935 Brussels International Exposition.
- This is the clock was sent to the United States for the 1939 New York World's Fair.
- In June 1970 he was proclaimed Honorary Citizen of Lier.
- The asteroid Zimmer (? 3064)(1984 BB1), was named after him in 1984.
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