Ernst abbe biography

Biography

Ernst Abbe's father, Georg Adam Abbe (1813-1874), worked as a spinner but found it extremely difficult to provide for his family. Georg, who was born on 18 August 1813 in Fischbach an der Felda, had married Elisabetha Christina Barchfeldt (1809-1857) on 17 April 1838 in Eisenach.

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Elisabetha had been born on 29 June 1809 in Eisenach and Georg and Elisabetha had two children, Ernst, the subject of this biography, and Johanna Sophie (known as Sophie), born 28 April 1841 in Eisenach. After Elisabetha Christina died in July 1857, Georg married Eva Margaretha Lindemann (1807-1878) in Eisenach on 17 November 1859.

Glatzer writes [11]:-

As the son of a poor spinning overseer in a mill at Eisenach, [Ernst] had seen the degenerating effect on his father and others of fourteen to sixteen hours of daily toil accompanied by low wages, miserable surroundings, poor food, neglect of family life and education.

Kendall, writing in [14], describes Ernst's childhood in similar terms