Eduard Schott (Metallurgist)
Eduard Schott (born May 14, 1808 in Seesen , † February 24, 1895 in Ilsenburg ) was a German metallurgist , art caster and discoverer of the crystallization process.
Life
Eduard Schott was a son of Benedikt Schott, the director of the Jacobson School in Seesen . After attending grammar school, he went to Erfurt and then gained practical experience in several iron and steel works in the Eifel and on the Rhine before studying at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig .
He began working as a smelting clerk at Count Henrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode's ironworks in Ilsenburg on February 3, 1838. Already on October 21, 1835 he had announced from Wilhelmshütte that he was interested in the vacant position of a count's clerk, of which he was informed by Inspector Reinking von der Carlshütte.
In 1855 he was appointed smelter inspector and later promoted to chief smelter inspector . From 1862, his later son-in-law Adolf Ledebur worked with him at the Count's hut in Ilsenburg for some time .
In cooperation with the countess Bergrat Friedrich Brandes , the Ilsenburger Hütte products that he cast won several prizes, for example: B. at the world exhibitions in Paris in 1855 and Vienna in 1873 , for which the Prussian Crown Order III. Class was awarded.
His son Walter Schott worked as a sculptor in Berlin and created numerous monuments, including the tomb for his father in the Ilsenburg cemetery.
Web links
- History of the Fürst-Stolberg-Hütte Ilsenburg ( Memento from September 2, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schott, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German metallurgist and art caster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seesen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1895 |
| Place of death | Ilsenburg |