William von Seckendorff

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William Carl Adam Freiherr von Seckendorff (born October 8, 1799 in Dresden , † August 30, 1863 in Schöningen ) was a mining clerk, mineralogist and saltworks director in Schöningen.

Life

William Carl Adam von Seckendorff was born in Dresden as the son of the writer Gustav Anton von Seckendorff . After graduating from high school, he went to study at the Bergakademie Freiberg in 1816 .

After completing his studies, he entered the service of the ducal Brunswick in 1820. In 1821 he was appointed mountain jury member after Zorge und Tanne . Here he also undertook mineralogical research and published some scientific reports. In 1831 he discovered a rare mineral, arsenic-nickel , in a mine near Tanne. The mineral is still called Seckendorffit today. In 1842 he was finally appointed mountain master and was transferred to Seesen .

In 1847 von Seckendorff took over the management of the salt works in Schöningen . There he developed various methods for drilling technology.

family

He married on August 8, 1824 in Zorge Jeanette Hartmann (* June 7, 1805, † May 13, 1886), the daughter of the mining clerk Carl Friedrich Hartmann. The couple had several children:

  • Guido Arthur Hartmann (born February 18, 1829 in Tanne; † December 12, 1896 in Blumenau, Brazil), colonist in Brazil.
  • Hugo Wilhelm Hartmann (born May 14, 1825 in Zorge)
  • Bruno Gustav Hartmann (born February 25, 1827 in Tanne, † August 29, 1899 in Braunschweig ). Director of the Braunschweig-Hannoversche Hypothekenbank .
  • Helene Marie (born September 2, 1832 in Tanne)
  • Marie Therese (born January 16, 1836 in Tanne)

Publications

  • The deep drilling for rock salt on the saltworks in Schöningen in the magazine for the mining, metallurgy and saltworks in the Prussian state, Verlag W. Hertz, Berlin 1853.
  • About the chisels used in rock drilling or the attempt to adapt their shape to certain scientific principles in the magazine for the mining, metallurgy and saltworks in the Prussian State, Verlag W. Hertz, Berlin 1862.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ In New Yearbook for Mineralogy, Geognosy, Geology and Petrefactology , Bronn and Leonhard, Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart's Verlagshandlung, 1841
personal data
SURNAME Seckendorff, William von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seckendorff, William Carl Adam Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mining officer, mineralogist and saltworks director in Schöningen
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1863
Place of death Schöningen