Andreas Akerman

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Andreas Akerman and Anders Akerman ; Swedish Andreas Åkerman also Anders Åkerman (* 1723 probably in Halla in the province of Södermanland , † 1778 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish engraver and manufacturer of globes .

Life

School and study time

After attending the trivial school in Strängnäs from 1739 to 1747 , he was registered as Matheseos Studiosus and Natio Sudermann at the University of Uppsala without having obtained a final university degree.

Professional and entrepreneurial career

As a member of the Cosmographic Society of Uppsala University , founded in 1758 by professors and lecturers, including Torbern Olof Bergman (1735–1784), his workshop, which was founded around 1750, copied globes and, from 1758, made globes for the Cosmographic Society and exported them abroad. When making the globes, he took into account the calculations of the English astronomer John Flamsteed (1646–1719) and the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1713–1762)

Despite government support, the manufacture of globes was not profitable and the company was liquidated in the mid-19th century.

family

His son was Andreas Åkerman (the younger) (1759–1804)

Globes

literature

  • Einar Bratt: Thematic features on Swedish earth globes of the 18th century, in: Helmut Grötzsch (ed.): Der Globusfreund 15/16/1966/67. Lectures and essays at the II. International Symposium of the Coronelli World Association of Globus Friends from October 8-10, 1965 in Dresden, Berlin (East) 1967, pp. 87–95.
  • Helmut Grötzsch: The first research results of the globe inventory in the German Democratic Republic. A contribution to the international world inventory of UNESCO, Berlin (East) 1963.
  • Jan Mokre: Around the globe. On earth and celestial globes and their representations, Vienna 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ C. Björkbom: Anders Åkerman - A Swedish Globenmach of the 18th century. 1936 , Retrieved July 18, 2014
  2. ↑ Groundbreaking Swedish Globe Pair (Engl.) ( Memento of 27 July 2014 Internet Archive ) retrieved on July 18, 2014
  3. ↑ Einar Bratt: En krönika om svenska glober. , Uppsala 1968, p. 116 ff
personal data
SURNAME Akerman, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andreas Åkerman also Anders Åkerman (Swedish name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish engraver and manufacturer of globes
DATE OF BIRTH 1723
PLACE OF BIRTH Halla in the province of Södermanland
DATE OF DEATH 1778
Place of death Uppsala