August Christian Baumann (25 May 1770 – 3 November 1831) was a
Norwegian mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
superintendent and
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
.
Baumann was born in Bodenseich near
Lüneburg in
Germany
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. He came to Norway and
Kristiania
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
in his youth, and was hired as head dispenser at a
pharmacy
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. Baumann eventually became acquainted with
Bernt Anker
Bernt Anker (22 November 1746 – 21 April 1805) was a Norwegian merchant, chamberlain and playwright.
He was born in Christiania, the son of Christian Ancher and a brother of Peder Anker and cousin of Carsten Anker. His business included ...
, who recommended the study of mining. Baumann carried through the studies, and became a mine superintendent for Southeastern Norway. In 1816, when the
Kongsberg Silver Mines
Kongsberg Silver works () was a mining operation at Kongsberg in Viken county in Norway. The town of Kongsberg is the site of the Norwegian Mining Museum ().
History
Operating from over 80 different sites, Kongsberg silver mines constituted th ...
were reopened, Baumann was elected as a member of the
board of directors
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.
He served as a deputy representative to the
Norwegian Parliament in 1821, representing the constituency of
Kongsberg
Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...
.
[August Christian Baumann](_blank)
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He met in parliamentary sessions whenever the regular member,
Hans Wølner Kofoed, was unable to do so.
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References
1770 births
1831 deaths
Deputy members of the Storting
Buskerud politicians
People from Kongsberg
German emigrants to Norway
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