Friedrich August Walchner
Friedrich August Walchner (born September 2, 1799 in Meersburg ; † February 17, 1865 in Karlsruhe ) was a German geologist , chemist , mineralogist and politician .
Life
Walchner, son of the lawyer Kasimir Walchner , studied in Göttingen and Freiburg and became a member of the Corps Rhenania Freiburg in 1817 . In Freiburg he was also a member of the fraternity cooperative / association for the processing of scientific objects and from 1818 of the old Freiburg fraternity . He completed his habilitation in Freiburg in 1823, where he became a private lecturer and associate professor .
In 1825 he was appointed as one of twelve teachers at the then newly founded Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe , where he worked as a professor of mineralogy , geognosy and chemistry . From 1833 to 1836 he held the position of director of the Polytechnic there . In 1847 he recognized the nickel content of the ores near Horbach , and the mine was named in his honor Friedrich-August-Grube .
In 1833 he became a member of the second chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly for the electoral district of Karlsruhe II. In 1848 he was a member of the preliminary parliament .
He was appointed to the management of forestry and mining in the Grand Duchy of Baden . Since 1838 Bergrat , he was retired in 1855.
In 1848 he was elected a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
Honors
- 1838: Order of the Zähringer Lion , Knight
Publications (selection)
- Handbook of Mineralogy and Geognosy . 2 volumes, 1832–1833 (= Lorenz Oken : General natural history for all classes , part 1. Stuttgart 1833–1841).
- Inorganic Chemistry Textbook . 1849.
- Representation of the geological conditions of the mineral springs emerging on the northern edge of the Black Forest . 1849.
- Handbook of Geognosy . 1851.
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , p. 198.
- M. Seubert: Friedrich August Walchner . In: Baden biographies . Second part. Bassermann, Heidelberg 1875, p. 421 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm von Gümbel: Walchner, Friedrich August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 656 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 47 , 64.
- ^ Karl Gundermann: The members of the old Freiburg fraternity 1816-1851. Freiburg im Breisgau 1984/2004, p. 7 pdf .
- ^ Klaus-Peter Hoepke: History of the Fridericiana - Stations in the history of the University of Karlsruhe (TH) from its foundation in 1825 to the year 2000 . Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 2007, ISBN 978-3-86644-138-5 , p.
- ↑ Federal Archives: Members of the Pre-Parliament and the Fifties Committee (PDF file; 79 kB)
- ↑ History of the Baden Mining Authority (Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg)
- ↑ Member entry by Friedrich August Walchner (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 9, 2016.
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SURNAME | Walchner, Friedrich August |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walchner, Friedrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist, chemist, mineralogist and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1799 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Meersburg |
DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1865 |
Place of death | Karlsruhe |