Drosten, Robert

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

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Status

  • Connected

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Life dates

Wermelskirchen [Prussia], 1860 - The Hague [NL], 1919

Activity

1891 - 1905 Bruxelles, Rue des Boîteux, 21 or 23<91-92>
° 17.1.1860; + 14.5.1919. Optician. Optical instruments for scientific use. Agent of the Zeiss company from 1891 onwards.  
1906 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Marais, 49
Already moved his domicile to this address on 11.5.1892, coming from Rue des Boîteux, 23. Remained throughout this period general agent in Belgium for Carl Zeiss, Jena [D], manufacturer of scientific and precision instruments. Only address in the ABP membership lists from 1892 to 1914, perhaps private only at the beginning. Recorded as an instrument maker resident in Brussels on his death certificate.

Locations

1891 - 1905 Bruxelles, Rue des Boîteux, 21 or 23<91-92>
1906 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Marais, 49

Exhibitions

Antwerp, 1885 (no address); Brussels, 1891; Louvain 1896 ("Zeiss - Drosten").

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Affiliations

Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1891 - 1914

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Management

Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#5178

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 18.4.2017 & 25.12.2017; merged with 1997#4838 (Zeiss - Drosten); SFJ revised 4.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 27.5.2020, 15.2.2023, 6.10.2023 & 9.2.2024

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