Theodor Friedrich von Schubert (1789–1865) was a

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general and scientist of

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descent. Born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

as the son of astronomer

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. When he was sixteen years old, he accompanied his father on the Russian expedition to China. He was married to Sophie Rall, and had four children. He became an infantry general in the Russian army, head of the military topographic service, and honorary member of the

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. As an officer, he fought in the

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in 1806, in the

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in 1808 and in the

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in 1810. By 1812, he was an upper quartermaster general, and at the

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in 1813, he became a

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. Between 1815 and 1818, he stayed with the Russian occupation force in France, before returning to Russia as part of the general staff. He was interested in cartography. In 1845, he became an infantry general. He died in

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in 1865, after having spent his last years traveling.

Bibliography

*''Unter dem Doppeladler'', his memoirs, first published in 1962

References

Biography
from Pierer's ''Universal-Lexikon'', 4th edition 1857–1865 (in German)
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