Johann Christian Aycke

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Johann Christian Aycke (born September 7, 1766 in Danzig , Prussia ; † December 23, 1854 there ) was a German administrative officer and natural scientist.

Life

Aycke studied law at the University of Göttingen and had also attended lectures by the physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799). He later became a city councilor in Gdansk.

He had leased the right to collect amber on the beach in Gdansk for 14 years and summarized his knowledge of amber, his experiences and findings in a book that appeared in 1835. In the following years he developed a scientific interest in the geomorphology and natural history of Pomerania and Western Pomerania . He was a member of the Natural Science Society in Gdansk .

Aycke was a cousin of the Prussian judicial council in Danzig Paul Henrich Zernecke (1771-1850).

Works (selection)

  • Fragments on the natural history of amber . Nicolai, Danzig and Berlin 1835 ( e-copy ) ( review )
  • Comments on ground ice . In: Annals of Physics and Chemistry . Volume 39, Leipzig 1836, pp. 122-129.
  • Extract from a letter from Mr. Aycke [dated October 8, 1836] to Mr. Alexander von Humboldt . In: Annals of geography, ethnology and national studies . Series III, Volume 1, Berlin 1837, pp. 278-280.
  • What can we expect from looking for spring water in the vicinity of Gdansk? . In: Prussian provincial sheets . Volume 19, Königsberg 1838, pp. 450–458.
  • About so-called negative or sink wells . In: Prussian provincial sheets . Volume 20, Königsberg 1838, pp. 461-468.
  • About the mean temperature of the springs and the atmosphere in and around Gdansk . In: Prussian provincial sheets . Volume 21, Königsberg 1839, pp. 420-428.
  • Remarks on the Upper Pomeranian and Pomeranian highlands . In: Prussian provincial sheets . Another series, Volume 1, Königsberg 1852, pp. 256-277 and pp. 390-404.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Members of the Natural Research Society in Gdansk since the Society's Foundation Day . In: Latest writings of the Natural Research Society in Gdansk . Volume 3, Danzig 1835, p. 2 of the appendix.
  2. ^ W. Barentin: Annals of Physics and Chemistry. Name and subject registers for volumes XCI to CXX. Leipzig 1865, p. 302 .
  3. ↑ JC Poggendorff: Biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences . First volume: A - L , Barth, Leipzig 1863, columns 78–79.
  4. ↑ a b Repertory of the entire German literature . Volume 5, Brockhaus, Leipzig 1835, p. 379.
  5. ↑ Hans-Joachim Heerde: The audience of physics: Lichtenbergs Hörer . Wallmann, Göttingen 2006, p. 688 (restricted preview)
personal data
SURNAME Aycke, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German city councilor and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1854
Place of death Danzig