Lake Superior Paper - Biographical Notice of Peter Ritter von Tunner

The death of the eldest of the honorary members of the Institute was not unexpected. Ritter von Tunner had never recovered from the effects of a paralytic stroke received in 1892, and when the same enemy struck again in February of this year the blow was plainly mortal. He passed away June 9th, gently and without pain. Thus ends a career of great distinction and fruitfulness, crowned with fame and love. This pioneer of the age of iron and steel had lived so long and wrought so much that the present generation could scarcely recall the whole category of his services. There can be no more appropriate use of the pages of these Transactions than to honor them with a record of such a life and work, for the inspiration of other lives to other labors. Peter Tunner was born May 10, 1809, near Peggau, in Styria.† In the same province, his grandfather, Josef Tunner, had purchased a primitive nail-forge and enlarged it to a ham