Engelbert Krauskopf

Engelbert Krauskopf (August 21, 1820 – July 11, 1881) was a German-American settler, gunsmith, and naturalist. Born in Bendorf, Germany, he emigrated to the United States in 1846, and became a settler of Fredericksburg, Texas. He was trained as a cabinetmaker and gunsmith, and during the American Civil War once made a gun barrel especially for Robert E. Lee.[1] He was also an inventor: when ammunition became scarce during the Civil War he and silversmith Adolph Lungkwitz developed a process for the manufacture of gun-caps.[1] In 1872 he patented an improvement to a throttle valve stand with John M. Compant,[2] and one of his last inventions was a microscope in the form of a magic lantern.[3][4] An amateur botanist, he described the species Hesperaloe engelmannii (commonly known as Engelmann's red yucca).[1][5] The standard author abbreviation Krauskopf is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Engelbert Krauskopf

References
  1. Kohout, Martin Donell (15 June 2010). "Krauskopf, Engelbert". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. United States. Patent Office (1872). Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office. pp. 289–.
  3. Döbbler, F. Wilhelm (July 15, 1881). "no title". Freie Presse für Texas (in German). San Antonio, TX. p. 4.
  4. "Engelbert Krauskopf: Early Day Gunsmith". Fredericksburg Standard. April 28, 1971. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Herrmann, Maria (1977). "The Restoration of Historical Fredericksburg" (PDF). Rice University Studies. 63 (3): 119–139.
  6. IPNI.  Krauskopf.


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