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Helmut Gröttrup
German engineer and inventor of the smart card (1916-1981).
Born February 12th, 1916 in Cologne.
Died July 4th, 1981 at 65 years old in Munich.
Occupations
aerospace engineer, engineer, inventor, physicist
Wikipedia
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk