Wilhelm Scharenberg
Wilhelm Scharenberg , completely Johann Christoph Wilhelm Scharenberg (born December 7, 1815 in Berlin , † December 4, 1857 in Erdmannsdorf ) was a German mineralogist.
Life
Johann Christoph Wilhelm Scharenberg was a son of the master craftsman Christoph Scharenberg. This was employed by the Royal Support Agencies for Spinners and Weavers. After his father was transferred, he grew up in Glatz , where he attended high school and graduated from high school in 1836.
He went to the University of Berlin to study natural sciences . In 1840 he spent six months in Paris . After a time as a tutor with the family of the banker Carl von Wallenberg , he passed the exam pro facultate docendi in 1846 . For his probationary year he taught at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin.
Numerous trips with the Wallenbergs took him to Switzerland , France , Spain and England .
In 1851 he was with a dissertation on graptolites at the University of Breslau for Dr. phil. PhD; In 1854 he was appointed private lecturer and took over the management of her mineralogical cabinet as curator . He also lectured on physical geography, meteorology, and glacier science . His handbook for travelers to the Sudeten , which was published several times , was shaped by his own observations: "For Silesia it was the first attempt at scientific periegesis ."
Works
- Handbook for travelers to the Sudeten with special consideration for friends of the natural sciences and visitors to Silesian medicinal springs. 1846 ( digitized and full text , Bavarian State Library )
- 2nd edition 1850, 3rd edition (posthumously) 1862, edited by Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer ( digitized )
- About the graptolites with special consideration of the species occurring in Christiania. Breslau: Nischkowsky 1854 (diss., Digitized )
literature
- Scharenberg, Johann Christoph Wilhelm , in: JC Poggendorff's biographical-literary concise dictionary for mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry and related fields of science. Volume 2: MZ, Leipzig: Barth 1863, Sp. 773
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical information after the Levbenslauf in his dissertation on the graptolites with special consideration of the species occurring in Christiania. Breslau 1854
- ↑ Festschrift of the Geographical Seminar of the University of Wroclaw to welcome the XIII. German Geographers' Day. Breslau 1901, p. 11
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scharenberg, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scharenberg, Johann Christoph Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 4, 1857 |
| Place of death | Erdmannsdorf |