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unusual facts about Borchardt



Georges Borchardt

Georges Borchardt is a well-respected literary agent in America; he has represented figures ranging from General Charles de Gaulle to Jane Fonda.

Gyula Vályi

After qualifying as a teacher of mathematics and physics Vályi was awarded a scholarship to allow him to study for two years at the University of Berlin, where the remarkable mathematics team of Kummer, Borchardt, Weierstrass and Kronecker were lecturing.

Hugo Borchardt

After the dissolution of the Sharps Rifle Co. in 1881, Borchardt returned to Budapest where he was employed by Fegyver és Gépgyár Részvénytársaság and by 1890 gained the position of works director.

Ludwig Loewe

Loewe's armaments company was famous in that it held a controlling interest in Waffenfabrik Mauser so was able to reap financial success from the C96 pistol when Loewe's own Borchardt semi-automatic pistol, designed by employee Hugo Borchardt, was not selling well.

The Hagstone Demon

Borchardt, who is best known as the subject of the cult documentary American Movie (1999), appears in a rare leading role in this film.


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