Crome Syrcus
Crome may refer to: People * August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome (1753–1833), German economist * Georg Ernst Wilhelm Crome (1781–1813), German agricultural scientist; see Franz Körte * John Crome (1768–1821), English painter and founder of the Norwich School of painters * John Berney Crome (1794–1842), English painter * Louise Crome, New Zealand squash player Other * Crome, former name of Chrome, California, a community in Glenn County See also * Chrome (other) Chrome may refer to: Materials * Chrome plating, a process of surfacing with chromium * Chrome alum, a chemical used in mordanting and photographic film Computing * Google Chrome, a web browser developed by Google ** ChromeOS, a Google Chrome ...

August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome
August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome (8 June 1753 in Sengwarden – 11 June 1833 in Rödelheim) was a German economist and statistician, and Professor of Cameralism at the University of Giessen. He is known particularly for his 1782 product map of Europe,Harms, H. (1991)August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome (1753-1833) Autor begehrter Wirtschaftskarten" ''Cartographica Helvetica,'' 3, 33-38 which is considered by some as the earliest known printed economic map and thematic map. Life and work Youth Crome was born into a middle-class family. His father Johann Friedrich Crome (1724-1802) was first headmaster in Stadthagen, then pastor, and later superintendent and official in the village of Sengwarden (allegedly he had two legendary encounters with the devil). His mother Christiane Lucretia, born Büsching, was a pastor's daughter from Stadthagen. In his autobiography (1833) Crome praised the simple life at home, which gave him "a good foundation for a physically strong constitution. Its p ...
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