WARD'S BOOK OF EPONYMS Who gave their names to what
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This is Ward's Book of Eponyms where you will find a large list of people who had things named after them. This page is devoted to things named after people whose name begins with the letter:
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Zanussi The domestic appliance company was founded by Antonio Zanussi, a blacksmith’s son of Pordenone, northern Italy, who in 1916, started to make log burning stoves in the back of his father’s workshop. By 1934, he was making catering equipment in a purpose built factory. In 1946, the company started exporting washing machines. In 1951, Antonio was succeeded by his son, Lino, who added electric and gas fires to the range. When Lino died in 1968, the company passed out of the family and in 1984 was taken over by Electrolux.
zeal The Zealots were a Jewish sect of which originated with Judas the Gaulonite (Acts 5:37). They refused to pay tribute to the Romans, as this was a violation of the principle that God was the only king of Israel. They rebelled against the Romans, but were scattered after the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple. They gave their name to zeal, an earnest enthusiasm for a cause.
zeppelin Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), was an army officer in the German state of Württemberg. He visited the United States during the Civil War and was particularly impressed by the balloon operation of the Union forces. After he retired from military service, he set about designing a balloon type aeroplane. He created a working model and convinced the German army that they would be advantageous warheads. They were used during World War I but without success as they were difficult to manoeuvre. After the war, they were used for civilian travel but after the Hindenburg went up in flames in 1937, at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 of the 97 persons aboard, it fell out of favour and soon became obsolete.Other letters