Ernst August von Beust
Ernst August Graf von Beust (born November 21, 1783 in Altenburg ; † February 5, 1859 ) was a Prussian geologist and mining official. He was the first miner in the Rhenish Mining Authority.
Life
Beust studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg in Saxony. In 1800 he became a member of the Ore Mountains Landsmannschaft der Montanen, which in 1821 became Corps Montania . After graduating, he made a steep career within the Prussian mining administration at a young age. In 1816 he was commissioned with the organization and interim direction of a royal Prussian mining authority for the Lower Rhine provinces in the rank of a secret upper mountain council . In 1817 Beust became the first mining captain of the Bonn Mining Authority . On November 1, 1840 he was appointed chief miner and director of the department for mining, metallurgy and saltworks in the Prussian Ministry of Finance in Berlin . Until his retirement on October 1, 1848, Beust was the highest mining official in the Kingdom of Prussia .
In January 1849 he was accepted (serial no. 7 of 170 members) into the German Geological Society , which was newly founded at the end of December 1848 . Numerous mining facilities were named in his honor.
Honors
- Elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1820)
- Graf Beust colliery
See also
literature
- Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (publisher): The minutes of the Prussian State Ministry 1817-1934 / 38 . Volume 4/2 . Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 2003, p. 546
Individual evidence
- ^ Art. Beust, Ernst August, Graf von . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 2. Leipzig 1905, p. 781.
- ^ State archive NRW. Inventory overview Oberbergamt Bonn
- ^ Journal of the German Geological Society 1 (1849), p. 38
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beust, Ernst August von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beust, Ernst August Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1783 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1859 |