Heinrich Menu (from 1820

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von Minutoli The von Minutoli family originally came from Lucca or Naples and hiked over into Switzerland during the 17th century. They included: *Heinrich Menu von Minutoli (1772–1846), Prussian Generalmajor, explorer and archaeologist *Julius Rudolph Ottoma ...

(12 May 1772,

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– 16 September 1846,

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) was a

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and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

Life

Minutoli initially received a wholly private education, then attended secondary school in

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(1782 to 1784), and was instructed in military matters by an Austrian captain in the engineers. In 1786, aged 14, he entered on his first years in

military service, as a result of patronage from his uncle Moritz, a Prussian general. He served as a bombardier for two years in the

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corps, then received officer training in an infantry regiment stationed in

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from 1789. Also from this date, because the training did not intellectually satisfy him, he learned Greek, Latin, Italian and English. He was invalided out of the military at only 21, however, after suffering a serious arm injury in the defence of fort Gustavsburg in

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on 29 June 1793 during the Siege of Mainz. He was called up again in 1794 as

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, teacher and instructor at the officer cadet corps in Berlin for nobles, heading it from 1797.

Friedrich Wilhelm III Frederick William III (german: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, wh ...

appointed him tutor to his son 9 year old

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in 1810. Minutoli was highly interested in ancient art and, after prince Carl had reached adulthood, Minutoli undertook numerous foreign trips. He was entrusted in 1820 with the direction of an expedition that until August 1821 was paid for by the Egyptian government. The scientists

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and

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, the architecture professor Liman and the Orientalist Scholz, among others, accompanied him. Minutoli's collections, of which a large part was lost in a shipwreck, were purchased by the king of Prussia for 22,000 talers and formed the foundation of the

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in Berlin. Minutoli was appointed a member of the academy of the sciences, and soon retired (with the rank of

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) to an estate in Lausanne, where he died in 1846.

Works

*''Militärische Erinnerungen a. d. Tagebuche'', o publication place1845 *''Der Feldzug der Verbündeten in Frankreich im Jahre 1792''. Striese, Berlin 1847 *''Beiträge zu einer künftigen Biographie Friedrich Wilhelms III. so wie einiger Staatsdiener und Beamten seiner nächsten Umgebung. Aus eigener Erfahrung und mündlich verbürgten Mittheilungen zusammengetragen'', Mittler, Berlin 1843-44 *''Der Graf von Haugwitz und Job von Witzleben. Eine Zugabe zu meiner Schrift, betitelt: Beiträge zu einer künftigen Biographie Friedrich Wilhelms III. so wie einiger Staatsdiener und Beamten seiner nächsten Umgebung''. Logier, Berlin 1844 *''Über antike Glasmosaik'' (Berlin 1814) *''Reise zum Tempel des Jupiter Ammon und nach Oberägypten''. Berlin (1824, mit Atlas) *''Über die Anfertigung und Nutzanwendung der farbigen Gläser bei den Alten'' (1837) *''Friedrich und

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'' (Berlin 1840)

Issue

Heinrich Menu von Minutoli married Wolfardine von Schulenburg (who also became known as an Egyptologist) and they had three sons:

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(a Berlin

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and envoy to the

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court in

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), Adolph and Alexander.

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BiographyArticle
in ADB
Exhibition catalogue from Stadtarchivs Bamberg on his son Julius von Minutoli
*http://www.luise-berlin.de/bms/bmstxt01/0105GESB.htm Harry Nehls: Ein Geschenk für Minutoli? Die Neuenburger Goldtabatiere des Prinzen Carl von Preußen (A gift for Minutoli? The golden Neuchâtel tobacco box of prince Carl of Prussia), in ''Berlinische Monatsschrift'' 5 (2001) {{DEFAULTSORT:Minutoli, Heinrich Menu Von 19th-century Swiss writers Swiss art historians Swiss classical scholars Swiss explorers Lieutenant generals of Prussia Swiss Egyptologists Swiss archaeologists Swiss nobility 18th-century military personnel from the Republic of Geneva 1772 births 1846 deaths

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