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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
inventor, military flight engineer, physicist

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle