Gerhard Moritz Roentgen
Dutch shipwright
Gerhard Moritz Roentgen (1795–1852) was a Dutch Navy officer, machine building engineer and ship builder. As of 1823 he was involved in founding the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (NSM). At first he was one of NSM two chief executives. Later on, he was the only executive till 1849. The invention of the marine compound steam engine is Roentgen's main scientific achievement.
Early life
Youth and service in the navy
Gerhard Moritz Roentgen, known in the Netherlands as Gerhard Mauritz Roentgen, was the fourth son of Ludwig Roentgen and Sophia Margaretha Tischbein. Ludwig was a minister and the inspector of the orphanage and poor house in Esens, Ostfriesland. Ludwig's father descended from the artistic cabinet maker family Roentgen from Neuwied on the Rhine.
Till his 13th year, Roentgen lived in Esens, which had become part of the Kingdom of Holland by then. In 1808 he joined the Dutch naval academy Instituut voor de Marine in Enkhuizen, which he left as midshipman in 1810.
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