Background
Brunings was the son of a preacher in Mannheim-Neckarau in Germany.
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Christiaan Brunings
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Education
After high school he attended the University of Heidelberg.
Career
Here he met January Noppen (1706-1764), superintendent of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland (Rijnland Water Board). He was Brunings" mentor and taught him music, mathematics, physics, astronomy and engineering. After the death of Noppen, Brunings succeeded him on 25 May 1765 in his function.
The significance of Brunings for the development of Dutch water management is clear from his tomb in Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem, "Nederlands Raad en Beschermer tegen de Woede der Zee en der Stormen" ("Dutch counsel and guard against the anger of the sea of storms"), a statement of his disciple and successor, Frederik Willem Conrad, who published the first biography of him in 1827.
In 1900 a new steam icebreaker for the Rijkswaterstaat was named after him. The Steamship Christian Brunings has since 1968 been part of the collection of museum ships belonging to the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Born
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Nationality
Netherlands