Wenzel Carl Wolfgang Blumenbach
Wenzel Carl Wolfgang Blumenbach (also Blumenbach-Wabruschek ; born January 1, 1791 in Vienna , † April 17, 1847 there ) was an Austrian statistician and geographer.
Life
After completing his training at Wilhering Abbey near Linz and legal studies at the University of Vienna , Blumenbach turned to topography, mineralogy, technology and statistics. In 1809 he became an employee and in 1813 secretary at the Vienna Cosmographic Institute, a forerunner of the geographic societies. In 1819 he became custodian at the Patriotic Technological Cabinet (which was attached to the Polytechnic in 1840) and from 1829 he was a book censor. Blumenbach found his final resting place in the Sankt Marxer Friedhof .
Works
- Latest regional studies of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens in two parts
- Representation of the factories and trade in the Austrian imperial state
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Blumenbach, Wenzel Karl Wolfgang . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 444 ( digitized version ).
- Blumenbach-Wabruschek, Wenzel Karl Wolfgang. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 94.
Web links
- Wenzel Carl Wolfgang Blumenbach in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blumenbach, Wenzel Carl Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blumenbach-Wabruschek, Wenzel Carl Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian statistician and geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1847 |
| Place of death | Vienna |