Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor From
Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor From (born March 27, 1787 in Marienburg , † June 16, 1857 in Breslau ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .
Life
origin
His parents were the court assessor and later police director Christian Emanuel From and his wife Christine Elisabeth, née Rosnet.
Career
From studied construction and came to Wroclaw in 1812 as a conductor and surveying director. There he was appointed engineer geographer on March 6, 1813. In the run-up to the Wars of Liberation, he joined the engineering corps of the Prussian Army and was appointed second lieutenant on September 28, 1813 . From fought in the battles near Großgörschen , Bautzen , Dresden , Kulm , Leipzig , Laon , Paris as well as the blockade of Erfurt and the battles near Haynau , Pirna, Mery and Chateau-Thierry . For Sezanne with the Iron Cross awarded II. Class, became From mid-April 1814 to first lieutenant and was the engineer corps aggregated .
On April 30, 1816 he became captain 2nd class in the 1st engineer brigade and adjutant to the chief of the engineer corps and in August 1818 he was promoted to captain 1st class. On June 6, 1818, he was transferred from the square to Thorn as an engineer officer. There he was promoted to major on June 27, 1829 and transferred to Danzig as an engineer officer on December 28, 1830. In this position From received the Order of Saint Anne II Class in 1821 . On July 11, 1833, he came as a teacher at the General War School and the Artillery and Engineering School and was a member of the examination commission for engineering officers, 2nd class. In addition, he became a member of the Military Study Commission on April 22, 1837. On March 24, 1838, From was commissioned to take on the business of the 1st Engineer Inspection. In mid-June 1838 he received the crown to the Order of Saint Anne, was appointed inspector on November 24, 1839 and in this position rose to colonel until April 1842 . With the aggregation of the engineer corps, he was assigned to the Military Commission of the German Confederation in Frankfurt am Main on May 12, 1842 . From November 13, 1845 he received a salary bonus of 350 thalers. He also received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown and the Order of the Iron Crown III on August 29, 1846 . Class.
Commissioned on March 27, 1848 with the conduct of business as inspector of the 2nd Engineer Inspection, From was appointed inspector on May 7, 1848 and promoted to major general three days later . Under awarding of the character as a Lieutenant General From received his on March 4, 1854 farewell with board . The king paid tribute to him in January 1857 on the occasion of the festival of the order by awarding the star to the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. From died on June 16, 1857 in Breslau and was buried there on June 19, 1857.
General von Aster wrote in his assessment in 1847: Very honestly-minded and scientifically educated, this generally respected senior officer had previously shown himself to be worthy of merit in the construction and teaching subject, and in the end he also acquired the satisfaction of his superiors in the troop command to such an extent that he appears infallibly suitable to take a higher position in the engineering corps. During his earlier service in the corps, one could blame him for the activity that sometimes overflowed in various directions and that splintered his strength. He is fit for field service and his domestic circumstances are in order
Fonts
Together with Captain Meyer, he published the magazine for artillery and engineer officers (later: archive for the officers of the Royal Prussian Artillery and Engineer Corps ). He also wrote:
- Frederick the Great as an engineer. In the archive for the officers of the Royal Prussian Artillery and Engineer Corps. Volume 12, Berlin 1841, p. 1.
- Engineer Service Manual. 1854/55 part 1 , part 2 , part 3.
family
From married in Berlin on December 3, 1816 Sophie Püttmann (1797–1867), the daughter of the Medical Councilor Franz Joachim Püttmann from Hildesheim.
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 175-176, no. 1800.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | From, Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marienburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1857 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |