Johann Ehrenwerth Fichtel

Johann Ehrenwerth von Fichtel (born September 29, 1732 in Preßburg , † February 4, 1795 ) was an Austrian civil servant and mineralogist .

Life

Fichtel began his studies in Pressburg. At the age of 17 he was already doing legal studies and soon got a job in Transylvania , later at the court arithmetic chamber in Vienna . From 1768 he was employed for the second time as an accountant at the royal chamber in Transylvania. In 1778 he was councilor in Sibiu and in 1785 director of the toll office in Vienna. His last job was a councilor in Transylvania until his death in 1795.

Works

• Contribution to the mineral history of Transylvania, 2 volumes, Nuremberg I780.
• Mineralogical remarks from the Carpathians, 2 volumes, Vienna 1791.
• Mineralogical essays, Vienna 1794.

literature

• Martin Kirchmayer:  Fichtel, Johann Ehrenreich von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 125 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Newborn:  Fichtel, J. Ehrenreich v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 771 f.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Fichtel, Johann Ehrenreich von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 4th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 215 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Johann Jakob Heinrich Czikann, Franz Graeffer: Austrian National Encyclopedia: or alphabetical presentation. Volume 2, Friedrich Beck'schen Universitätsbuchhandlung, Vienna 1835, p. 137.
• Samuel Baur : New historical-biographical-literary concise dictionary. Volume 1, Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1807, p. 186.