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Philip Deidesheimer

1832-01-01 – 1916-07-21

Portrait of Philip Deidesheimer
Philip Deidesheimer (1832-1916), ingeniero de minas alemán que ideó el sistema de entibado utilizado en la mina de plata Comstock (Nevada)Credit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Philip Deidesheimer was a mining engineer in the Western United States.
Deidesheimer was born in 1832, in Darmstadt, Electorate of Hesse before German unification. He attended the prestigious Freiberg University of Mining (Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg) and emigrated to California in 1852. He died on 21 July 1916 in San Francisco, California.

Occupation & Career

engineer, mining engineer, businessperson

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q88526 — wikidata View source

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