Franz Plazid de Schumacher im Himmelrich
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Franz Plazid de Schumacher im Himmelrich
Franz Plazid de Schumacher im Himmelrich (27 November 1725 – 18 April 1793), was a Swiss representative of the educated Ancien Régime. He was a councilor and officer, worked as a scientist and architect and is considered a pioneer in aviation. He was acquainted with Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher and Charles François Exchaquet, in whose family his granddaughter married.
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