ferdinandvonzeppelin

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Zeppelin Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin[1] (also known as Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, Graf Zeppelin and in English, Count Zeppelin) (8 July 1838 – 8 March 1917) was a German general and later aircraft manufacturer, the founder of the Zeppelin Airship company. He was born in Konstanz, Grand Duchy of Baden (now part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany).

A biography with pictures is at: www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/Philo/Geschichte/Zeppelin/english...

The word HAMBURG is the lower part of the embossed identification of a photographer.

Richard Arthur Norton and swanq: Thank you for the information and picutres in the biography which confirm that this is Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin. We will add a fuller form of this name and more information to the description when we update.

A postcard on sale on eBay, has this photo. The postcard was associated with the German Red Cross. See www.ebay.com/itm/Graf-von-Zeppelin-Portrait-Red-Cross-Pos... which has description, "Picture postcard featuring Graf von Zeppelin -- army officer (retiring at as Generalleutnant, or Major General), Civil War fighter (he volunteered in the American Civil War on the Union side), explorer (took part in an expedition to the source of the Mississippi -- this last I didn't know, saw it on Wikipedia), and, of course, invented the rigid airship that bears his name, the 'Zeppelin'. This is a German Red Cross donation card."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand,_Graf_von_Zeppelin

Used in book: The nations at war, August 1914 - August 1916 By Willis John Abbot books.google.com/books?id=KOk7AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA163&l...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin Honolulu Evening bulletin., March 21, 1910, 2:30 EDITION, Page 6, Image 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016413/1910-03-21/ed-... links Zeppelin and Heigesell in relation to an expedition to the North Pole using a Zeppelin airship. The general suitability of balloons for polar exploration has survived for a century. See ScienceDaily: Zeppelin Expedition Will Survey Sea Ice In The Arctic www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070412093800.htm

The Professor's last name appears actually to be Hergesell. See, e.g., www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/ship4536.htm First name appears to be Hugo metafrog.blogspot.com/2007/04/hugo-hergesell-scientist-te... Here's another LoC picture of Hergesell: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002722092/

Nice

swanq: Thanks for the link to the book where this picture appeared, and for the correct spelling for Professor Hergesell's name. We'll include this information next time we update the description.