Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (born 1840)

Ernst Abbe

German physicist, entrepreneur, and social reformer (1840–1905)

Ernst Karl Abbe was a German businessman, optical engineer, physicist, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he developed numerous optical instruments. He was also a co-owner of Carl Zeiss AG, a German manufacturer of scientific microscopes, astronomical…