Jean Baptist Duhamel
Jean Baptist Duhamel (born May 2, 1767 in Ruffec , Charente , † 1847 ) was a professor of mining. He received his doctorate from the Royal Mining School in 1783 . From 1795 to 1796 he was assistant professor of mining at the Hôtel de Mouchy. From 1806 to 1813 he was director of the mountain school in Geislautern . Jean-Baptist Duhamel created the Saargrubenatlas in Geislautern in 1810 as the result of a systematic soil exploration. The atlas is still considered a standard cartographic work today. The Duhamel shaft of the Ensdorf mine was named after Duhamel .
See also: Mining in Saarland
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefanie Risch: City of Völklingen, Königshof, farming village, Hüttenstadt, lively city on the river, stations of a Saarland history. ed. v. the Mittelstadt Völklingen, Saarbrücken o.J.
- ↑ www.saar-nostalgie.de
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SURNAME | Duhamel, Jean Baptist |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French engineer, professor of mining, director of the Berghochschule in Geislautern |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1767 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ruffec ( Charente ) |
DATE OF DEATH | 1847 |