Lauritz Esmarch
Lauritz Esmarch (born May 15, 1765 in Houlbjerg , Langå Kommune , † November 1, 1842 ) was a Danish surveyor , lawyer and mineralogist .
Life
After passing his legal exam and exam as a land surveyor, he was approved as a land surveyor in 1796. He was judicial advisor and head of the agricultural office of the pension chamber for Jutland and Lolland and mainly dealt with damage to agriculture caused by sand drifts. After a trip with Hans Christian Ørsted and Johann Georg Forchhammer to Bornholm on behalf of the state, the commission presented a report on the island's mineral deposits in 1819/20 (they were supposed to investigate deposits of coal and iron ore in particular). In 1826 he became a State Councilor.
He was friends with Ørsted and undertook physical experiments with him (for example, they built a powerful battery).
Lauritz Esmarch was the brother of Jens Esmark .
literature
- Lauritz Esmarch . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 4 : Clemens – Eynden . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1890, p. 598 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ He published about it in German: Historical message about the drifting sand in North Jutland . Copenhagen 1817
- ↑ HAM Snelders: Oersted's discovery of electromagnetism . In: Jardine Cunningham: Romanticism and the sciences . Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. 228
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Esmarch, Lauritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish surveyor, lawyer and mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1765 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houlbjerg , Langå municipality |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1842 |