Max Eyth

Max von Eyth 1896

Max Eyth(German:[ˈmaksˈʔaɪt];6 May 1836 – 25 August 1906) was a Germanengineerand writer.

Eyth's birthplace

The house where he was born is now a literature museum (2010).

He was born inKirchheim unter Teckto Edward Eyth (1809–1884), a teacher ofGreekand history at an evangelical seminar and his wife Julie. He lived from 1841 to 1852 inSchöntal Abbeywhere his father wasEphorusat the Evangelical Seminary Maulbronn and Blaubeuren. Besides his profession, his father wrote books about history and literature history. His mother also was an author. Young Max spent school time inHeilbronn,and also the first years of his teaching at the Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Heilbronn Hahn & Göbel. From 1852 till 1856, he studied at thePolytechnikum StuttgartMechanical engineering.Since this time, he was a member of Corps Stauffia Stuttgart. He collected his first experiences at the steam engine factory Gotthilf Kuhn in Berg near Stuttgart. Although his degree, he had to absolve a training as mechanist before he was allowed to make constructors work. Before this, he made technical drawings. In 1862, he went to steam plow factoryJohn FowlerinLeedsand overtook foreign agency for steam plows. There were many travels and stays in foreign countries, for example inEgyptand theUnited States.During the time of theAmerican Civil War,he travelled to Egypt. Egypt tried at this time to become the main producer ofcottonfor Europe.

Max Eyth founded theGerman Agricultural Society(DLG) in 1885.

External links

• Media related toMax Eythat Wikimedia Commons
• Max Eythin theGerman National Librarycatalogue
• Homepage Max Eyth
• Text from Max Eythin Projekt Gutenberg-DE
• Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG)'s Max-Eyth-Stiftungsprofessur
• Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik im VDI
• Newspaper clippings about Max Eythin the20th Century Press Archivesof theZBW