Eduard Freiherr von Feuchtersleben (1798–1857) was a

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-born

mining engineer Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, and ...

and writer.

Biography

Von Feuchtersleben was born in . His parents were Josephine (1772–1801) and Ernst von Feuchtersleben (1765–1834), an engineer from Hildburghausen. Eduard's half-brother was

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, son of Ernst von Feuchtersleben from his second marriage. Josephine was the daughter of

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(1721–1796) whose body was secretly claimed after his death by Austrian Emperor Francis II who had Abbé Eberl remove the skin and stuff it for display as an African "savage" in his cabinet of curiosities. At least since 1817, Eduard von Feuchtersleben wrote small plays, essays and poetry, which were printed since 1822. Since 1832, he was employed as a mining engineer in salt production in Aussee. Among Eduard's friends were Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872),

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(1802–90), Nikolaus Lenau (1802–50), and (1794–1859). By his extensive enthusiasm for poetry in the

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spirit, he encouraged his half-brother Ernst von Feuchtersleben to also deal with poetry. Eduard and Ernst von Feuchtersleben were deeply attached to each other, and Ernst dedicated some of his texts to the older half-brother. Ernst also campaigned for a complete edition of Eduard's works, but this project was never brought to fruition. Eduard von Feuchtersleben never married and had no children. He died in in

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