William of Neufville
Johann Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Robert Freiherr von Neufville (born April 9, 1777 in Dillenburg , † December 12, 1819 in Bonn ) was a princely Nassau chief forest master.
Life
Johann Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Robert von Neufville was a son of the director of the state government of Nassau-Dillenburg Robert de Neufville (1733-1801) and his wife Walberta-Elisabeth, née Passavant (1748-1825).
In 1807 he worked as the princely Nassau-Oranienburg master forester in Dillenburg , in 1808 as general forest inspector for the Grand Duchy of Berg in Düsseldorf and in 1817 as chief forester in Bonn.
He was a founding member in 1818 and became chairman of the physical section of the Niederrheinische Gesellschaft für Natur- und Heilkunde in Bonn . Von Neufville was a member of the Society of Corresponding Botanists .
On January 28, 1819, Johann Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Robert von Neufville, nicknamed Gastonis, was accepted as a member (matriculation number 1128) of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .
He was married to Susanna Maria Rebecca Elisabetha, née von Riese (1775-1820), since December 13, 1805. The couple had five children:
- Johann Robert Wilhelm Balduin von Neufville (* March 12, 1807)
- Wilhelm Heinrich von Neufville (born November 29, 1808)
- Auguste Johanne Luise von Neufville (born October 22, 1810)
- Joseph Johann Karl Wilhelm von Neufville (* February 8, 1817)
- Marie Elisabeth Wilhelmine Lucie von Neufville (born January 28, 1820)
literature
- Anonymous: Nekrolog Friedrich Wilhelm Robert Freyherr von Neufville . In: Flora or Botanische Zeitung, 3, 4, Regensburg, January 28, 1820, pp. 63–64 ( digitized version )
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 248 (archive.org)
Web links
- Member entry of Wilhelm von Neufville at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
- CERL Thesaurus : Neufville, Friedrich Anton Johann Robert Wilhelm von
- Neufville, Friedrich Anton Johann Robert Wilhelm von in the German biography
- Kalliope network : (9.4.1777, Dillenburg - 12.12.1819, Bonn)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neufville, Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neufville, Johann Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Robert Freiherr von (full name); Neufville, Friedrich Anton Johann Robert Wilhelm Freiherr von (full name); Gastonis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princely Nassau chief forester |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dillenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1819 |
| Place of death | Bonn |