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Robert Bosch GmbH (/ b ɒ ʃ /; German: ⓘ), commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. [2] Bosch is 94% owned by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, a charitable institution. [3]
The alternative spellings "Bosch" or "Bosche" are sometimes found. [24] [25] According to a 1916 article in the New York Times magazine Current History, the origin is as follows: Boche is an abbreviation of caboche, (compare bochon, an abbreviation of cabochon). This is a recognized French word used familiarly for "head," especially a big ...
Bosch (Catalan:; Dutch:) is a popular surname in Catalan and Dutch. In both languages, it is an archaic spelling of a word (modern Catalan bosc , modern Dutch bos ) meaning " forest ". Notable people with the surname Bosch include:
Bosch was born in Albeck, in the Swabian Highlands near Ulm. He was one of twelve children born to Servatius Bosch and Maria Margarita Dölle. Servatius ran a large progressive farm that included a brewery. Robert Bosch's nephew was future Nobel laureate Carl Bosch. Robert Bosch attended the 'Realanstalt' in Ulm until 1879, that included an ...
Bosch Palace, the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to Argentina; Huis ten Bosch, an official palace of the Dutch royal family in The Hague, Netherlands; Huis Ten Bosch Station, a train station for the theme park and train service of the same name in Japan
Hieronymus Bosch's first name was originally Jheronimus (or Joen, [8] respectively the Latin and Middle Dutch form of the name "Jerome"), and he signed a number of his paintings as Jheronimus Bosch. [9] His surname Bosch derives from his birthplace, 's-Hertogenbosch ('Duke's forest'), which is commonly called "Den Bosch" ('the forest'). [10]
The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it reached a preliminary deal with German auto supplier Bosch for up to $225 million in subsidies to build silicon carbide power semiconductors in ...
Carl Bosch (German pronunciation: [kaʁl ˈbɔʃ] ⓘ; 27 August 1874 – 26 April 1940) was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. [2] He was a pioneer in the field of high-pressure industrial chemistry and founder of IG Farben , at one point the world's largest chemical company.