Johannes Merkel 1852–1909 Source: Wikimedia Commons People from the Same Era Kazimierz Krotoski 1860–1937 Zbąszyń Charles Franklin Thwing 1853–1937 pedagogue, physicist, writer New Sharon Peter Otto Saluz 1847–1914 civil engineer, rail construction Lavin Émile Rochard 1850–1918 novelist, playwright, poet, theatrical director Wissembourg Wilhelm Bracke 1842–1880 politician, publisher, writer Brunswick Alois Kotrbelec 1849–1918 lawyer, poet, writer Tábor