Johann Jakob Schweppe belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Johann Jakob Schweppe as German watchmaker.
Johann Jakob Schweppe was born at Witzenhausen in 1740. His recorded nationality is Electorate of Hesse.
The eighteenth century organised knowledge into academies, expeditions and collections, and turned patronage into something closer to a profession.
The record gives his occupations as goldsmith, watchmaker and entrepreneur.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
That the work was done from Electorate of Hesse matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Johann Jakob Schweppe died in 1821 at the age of 81. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Worked as goldsmith, watchmaker and entrepreneur
