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Simon Stampfer Litho
Lithograph of Simon von Stampfer, in 1842
Bust of Simon Stampfer, TU Vienna
Bust of von Stampfer, at the Technical University of Vienna

Simon von Stampfer (26 October 1790 or 1792 – 10 November 1864) was an Austrian mathematician, surveyor and inventor. He also was a professor at what is the Technical University of Vienna today. He was one inventor of the stroboscopic disc. The disc was the first tool to use many pictures to show a moving image. In 1822, he married Johanna Wagner. They had two children. In 1850, both died of tuberculosis. His wife died of tuberculosis in 1856. In 1864, he died of a stroke.

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    One of Stampfer's Stroboscopic Discs. c1830s

  • Simon Stampfer 1853 Litho

    Simon STampfer, Lithograph by Adolf Dauthage, 1853

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