Wilhelm Schüch
Wilhelm Schüch von Capanema , also Guilherme Schüch, Schuch , Baron, Barão von (de) Capanema, (born January 17, 1824 in Ouro Preto , Brazil , † July 29, 1908 in Rio de Janeiro ) was an Austrian natural scientist and the most important engineer of the 2nd Brazilian Empire . Its botanical author abbreviation is Capan.
Life
Wilhelm Schüch was the son of the Austrian naturalist Rochus Schüch and a childhood friend of the future Brazilian Emperor Peter II.
After private lessons he joined the Austrian army as a genius officer , studied 1842–45 at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna, after completing the propaedeutic branches (water, land and road construction as well as building economics) 1846–47 at the Bergakademie Freiberg , visited the Saxon mountain - and iron and steel works and is said to have also heard lectures in Munich .
After returning to Brazil and advancing to a major in the engineering corps, he soon received a position in the mineralogical, geological and natural science department of the National Museum . He taught physics, mathematics, geology and mineralogy at the Military Central School, which later became the Polytechnic , and in 1852 he installed the first telegraph system in Brazil between the imperial palace and the military headquarters . At the instigation of the emperor in 1855 he was commissioned to set up the Brazilian telegraph system. He created a network of 11,000 km in length and had the country connected to Europe by a cable.
Because of his merits, he was raised to the nobility with the title de Capanema . Since the name Schüch is difficult to pronounce in Brazil , the descendants only called themselves Capanema . They held high government posts.
literature
- Schüch von (de) Capanema, Wilhelm (Guilherme) Baron (1824–1908). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999,ISBN 3-7001-2803-7, p. 285 f. (Direct links on p. 285 , p. 286 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Brazilian ex-minister Gustav Capanema (Portuguese WP)
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Schüch in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schüch, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schüch von Capanema, Wilhelm (full name); Schuch, Guilherme |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian natural scientist and the most important engineer of the 2nd Brazilian Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ouro Preto , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1908 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |