Background
He was born at Biitzow in Mecklenburg, on the 26th of November 1782.
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He was born at Biitzow in Mecklenburg, on the 26th of November 1782.
He studied law in Rostock.
From 1801 he devoted his time to mining and metallurgy. In 1819 he was named mining councilor to the Ministry of the Interior in Berlin.
He was author of several comprehensive works, including Handbuchder Eisenhiittenkunde (2 vols. , 1816; 3rd ed. , 1841); System der Metallurgie geschichtlich, statistisch, theoretisch und technisch (5 vols. with atlas, 1831-1832); Lehrbuch der Salinenkunde (2 vols. , 1846 - 1847). He was well known as editor of the Archivfur Bergbau und Hiittenwesen (20 vols. , 1818- 1831); and (with H. von Dechen) of the Archiv fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Bergbau und Hilltenkunde (26 vols. , 1829 - 1854).
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