Task: Explanation
Input (English): Ernst Karl Abbe HonFRMS (23 January 1840 – 14 January 1905) was a German physicist, optical scientist, entrepreneur, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he laid the foundation of modern optics. Abbe developed numerous optical instruments. He was a co-owner of Carl Zeiss AG, a German manufacturer of research microscopes, astronomical telescopes, planetariums and other optical systems. Question: In what year was the inventor of the Abbe prism born? Answer: 1840
Output (English): Ernst Karl Abbe HonFRMS 23 January 1840 – 14 January 1905 was a German physicist, optical scientist, entrepreneur, and social reformer.