Hanns Hörbiger

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Hanns Hörbiger was an Austrian engineer and inventor best known for creating the discredited cosmological doctrine known as the "World Ice Theory."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austrian person
human
birthCountry Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
birthDate 1860-11-29
birthPlace Vienna NERFINISHED
burialPlace Vienna Central Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath stroke
citizenship Austria
coAuthor Philipp Fauth NERFINISHED
deathDate 1931-10-11
deathPlace Mauer, Vienna NERFINISHED
developed valve systems for compressors
education technical training in engineering
era early 20th century
late 19th century
familyName Hörbiger NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cosmology (pseudoscientific)
mechanical engineering
gender male
givenName Hanns NERFINISHED
hasCanonicalName Hanns Hörbiger NERFINISHED
hasChild Attila Hörbiger NERFINISHED
Paul Hörbiger NERFINISHED
influenced esoteric Nazi-era cosmological ideas
influencedBy 19th-century astronomy
inspired popular occult and fringe-science movements in German-speaking Europe
knownFor World Ice Theory NERFINISHED
language German
name Hanns Hörbiger NERFINISHED
nationality Austrian
notableWork Welteislehre (World Ice Theory) NERFINISHED
occupation engineer
inventor
patentHolderOf improved blast furnace valve
proposed cosmology based on ice as fundamental cosmic substance
religion Christianity (assumed, not well documented) NERFINISHED
residence Vienna
theoryAlsoKnownAs World Ice Theory NERFINISHED
theoryClassification discredited cosmological doctrine
theoryName Welteislehre NERFINISHED
theoryStatus pseudoscience
viewedAs pioneer of World Ice Theory movement
workedOn compressor technology
industrial valve design

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Hanns Eisler givenName Hanns Hörbiger
this entity surface form: Hanns