author
Max Eyth
1836–1906
An engineer who spent years around steam ploughs and machinery, he turned that hands-on experience into stories and essays that helped make technical life vivid for general readers. Best known in Germany as both an inventor-minded writer and the founder of the German Agricultural Society, he brought industry, travel, and imagination together on the page.
2 Audiobooks
Geld und Erfahrung
by Max Eyth
Deutsche Humoristen, 3. Band (von 8)
by Helene Böhlau, Max Eyth, Hans Hoffmann, Otto Ernst Schmidt
About the author
Born in Kirchheim unter Teck on May 6, 1836, Max Eyth was a German engineer and writer. He trained as an engineer, and his work took him deeply into the world of agricultural machinery and steam-powered technology.
A major part of his career was linked to the British firm John Fowler & Co., known for steam ploughing equipment. That practical experience shaped much of his writing: instead of treating technology as something dry or distant, he wrote about invention, work, and travel in a way that connected engineering with everyday human life.
Eyth is also remembered as a public figure in German agriculture and industry. He helped found the German Agricultural Society, and alongside his technical achievements he built a reputation as an author whose fiction, memoir-like writing, and essays drew on real-world experience across Europe and beyond. He died on August 25, 1906.