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Roentgen was born in Mülheim am Rhein, Germany. He learned cabinet making from his father.
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Abraham Roentgen
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At age 20, he traveled to Den Haag, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, learning from established cabinet makers. He became known for his marquetry work, and worked in London (in the workshop of William Gomm) until 1738. In 1753 they migrated to the Moravian settlement at Neuwied, near Coblenz, where he established a furniture manufactory.
Abraham Roentgen died in Herrnhut in Saxony Germany in 1793.
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Germany