Hermann von Paucker

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Hermann von Paucker

Hermann Julius Georg von Paucker ( Russian Герман Егорович Паукер ; born September 30, jul. / 12. October  1822 greg. In Mitau , † March 17 jul. / 29. March  1889 greg. In St. Petersburg ) was a Russian professor at the engineering school in St. Petersburg, lieutenant general , statesman and minister .

Life

Origin and family

Hermann came from a German-Baltic bourgeois educated family who converted to the Russian nobility through various positions . His parents were of Kurzeme senior teacher, astronomer and mathematician Magnus Georg Paucker (1787-1855) and Anna Christina Wilhelmine of Baggehufwudt from the house Woibifer († 1835). The classical philologist Karl von Paucker (1820–1883) and the captain I. Ranges Adolf von Paucker (1824–1875) were his brothers. He himself remained unmarried and left no children.

Career

Paucker attended the illustrious grammar school in Mitau from 1834 to 1837 . From 1838 he studied at the engineering school in St. Petersburg. In 1842 he was an engineer- lieutenant and tutor. As a staff captain, he went to Paris from 1847 to 1848 to study . In 1852 he was a professor for building construction at the engineering school. He was involved in the construction of the palace for the grand dukes Nikolai and Mikhail . As a colonel , he was class inspector of the Nikolai Engineering Academy and the Nikolai Engineering School from 1860 to 1866. In 1866 he was promoted to professor of mechanics and major general . From 1859 Paucker was the managing director of the committee for the supervision of the fortresses on the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea . As such, he had the then exemplary earth battery installed on the Strait of Kerc-Enikal . In 1876 he became a professor emeritus at the same time for Lt. Gen. promoted.

Paucker was the holder of the Order of St. Anna 2nd and 1st Class, the Order of the White Eagle , the Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd and 1st Class, the Order of St. Vladimir 3rd and 2nd Class and the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky .

Since 1880 he was an honorary member of the Practical Technological Institute, since 1882 a member of the war congress, since 1883 also an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences and finally since 1888 a member of the Imperial Council . For the years 1888 and 1889 he was Minister of Transport.

He received special recognition for the construction of the shelves on the tower of the Peter and Paul Fortress Church and for the expansion of the fire-destroyed dome of the Imperial Palace in Tsarskoe Selo .

He was buried in the Smolensk Lutheran Cemetery in St. Petersburg.

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personal data
SURNAME Paucker, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paucker, Hermann Julius Georg von (full name); Паукер, Герман Егорович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Professor at the St. Petersburg Engineering School, Lieutenant General, Statesman and Minister
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitau
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1889
Place of death St. Petersburg