Joseph von Fraunhofer was certainly the most talented lenscrafter of his time. Though he received very little in the way of formal schooling, he dedicated his life to creating optical instruments of unsurpassed quality. Through his efforts, telescopes...

From humble beginnings as the son of a poor glass grinder, Joseph von Fraunhofer pursued a successful business career in optics and, in the process, made important contributions to physics and the theory of light through his study of the dark lines in...

The German physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826) was the first to solve the problem of constructing achromatic lenses of high magnitude. Joseph von Fraunhofer, the son of a poor glazier, was born on March 6, 1787, in Straubing, Bavaria. An orphan...

1787-1826 German craftsman and scientist who studied and advanced the field of theoretical optics. While working as a lens grinder he learned mathematics and optical science. He applied this knowledge to the development of optical instruments,...

Joseph von Fraunhofer (March 6, 1787 – June 7, 1826) was a German optician. He is known for the discovery of the dark absorption lines known as Fraunhofer lines in the Sun's spectrum, and for making excellent optical glass and achromatic telescope...

After establishing an arm in the strategically important U.S. market a few years ago, Germany's Fraunhofer Gesselschaft is now looking eastward to Russia for further expansion. Europe's largest center for applied research has opened a new office in Moscow in an effort to...

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