Georg Querfurth

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Georg Heinrich Karl Querfurth (born January 30, 1838 in Tiefenbach near Hasselfelde , † November 27, 1902 in Braunschweig ) was a German mechanical engineer and university professor. He was the librarian of the library of the Technical University of Braunschweig , the predecessor of today's University Library of Braunschweig .

Life

Querfurth studied mechanical engineering at the Brunswick Collegium Carolinum since 1856. He worked there as an assistant from 1862 before becoming a teacher of mechanical engineering in 1865 and a full professor in 1871. He read about machine elements and the calculation and construction of steam engines. Querfurth visited the World Exhibition in London in 1862 and made a study trip to England in 1888.

In 1870, after the death of Johann Heinrich Blasius, he was appointed librarian of the library of the Polytechnic School, until 1862 Collegium Carolinum. A catalog of the library appeared in print during his tenure. Querfurth became first librarian in 1872 and was dismissed from this service on October 1, 1880 at his own request. He continued to teach.

In 1888 he received the Knight's Cross First Class for the Order of Henry the Lion and in 1894 was appointed Privy Councilor.

Works (selection)

  • Julius Ludwig Weisbach, Georg Querfurth: Engineer: Collection of tables, formulas and rules of arithmetic, theoretical and practical geometry as well as mechanics and engineering. Volume 1. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1874, OCLC 52628552 .

literature

  • Bettina Gundler, Claudia Schüler: Catalogus Professorum of the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig. Part 2: Teachers 1877–1945 (= contributions to the history of Carolo-Wilhelmina. Volume IX.) Univ.-Bibl. d. Techn. Univ. Carolo-Wilhelmina, Braunschweig 1991, OCLC 612821301 , p. 209 f.
  • Angela Klein: Querfurth, Georg Heinrich Karl. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 471 .
  • Fritz Meyen : The librarians of the Collegium Carolinum and the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig 1748-1945. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch. Vol. 55, Braunschweig 1974, pp. 158-174.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Winfried Scharlau, German Mathematicians Association (Ed.): Mathematical Institutes in Germany 1800–1945. Vieweg + Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-663-14036-9 , p. 60. ( online )
  2. ↑ Beate Nagel: On the history of the university library of the Technical University of Braunschweig 1748–1972 (= publications of the university library of Braunschweig. Issue 1.) Die Bibliothek, Braunschweig 1988, OCLC 20420394 , p. 44 and p. 65. (PDF, online) ( Memento from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Querfurth, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Querfurth, Georg Heinrich Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mechanical engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Tiefenbach near Hasselfelde
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1902
Place of death Braunschweig