Van der Grinten, Alphons Johann

German-US-american Cartographer, * Kranenburg (Niederrhein) 10.4.1852, † Chicago 21.6.1921.

Van der Grinten studied industrial engineering at various universities. After his emigration to the USA in 1881 he worked as engineer and cartographer. The van-der-Grinten-Projection is named after him.

  
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