What is Carl Zeiss?
[[File:Carl Zeiss from Auerbach 1907.png|thumb|200px]] '''Carl Zeiss''' (11 September 1816 – 3 December 1888) was a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman. In 1846 he founded his workshop, which is still in business as [[Carl Zeiss AG]]. Zeiss gathered a group of [[gifted practical]] and [[theoretical opticians]] and [[glass makers]] to reshape most aspects of optical instrument production. His collaboration with [[Ernst Abbe]] revolutionized optical theory and practical design of [[microscopes]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeiss, Carl}} [[Category:German people]] [[Category:1816 births]] [[Category:1888 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}