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Slavoljub Eduard Penkala

1871 – 1922

About

Croatian Inventor and Engineer. He gained world renown for his creation of the mechanical pencil (1906) and the first solid ink pen (1907). Along with Edmund Moster, he founded the Penkala-Moster Company, a pen and pencil enterprise that was one of the largest in the world, now known as TOZ Penkala. A holder of 80 patents, he also designed and constructed the 1910 Penkala Monoplane, the first aircraft to fly in Croatia. He died from pneumonia at the age of 50.

Name
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
Locality
Zagreb, Croația
Born
20 aprilie 1871
Died
5 februarie 1922
Age
50 years
From
Liptovsky Mikulas, okres Liptovský Mikuláš, Žilinský, Slovakia
Location
Groblje Mirogoj ↗
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33716

Cemetery information

Cemetery
Groblje Mirogoj
Cemetery
Division RKT, site 78, class I, #117
Locality
Zagreb
Country
Croația
Public figure
Yes

Slavoljub Eduard Penkala

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