Karl Karmarsch (17 October 1803 – 24 March 1879) was an Austrian-born (since 1830) German educator, founding director of the Polytechnic School in

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, later to become the

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. From 1817 to 1823, he was associated with the Polytechnic Institute of Vienna, where he was a student of Georg Altmütter (1787–1858). From 1830 until his retirement in 1875, he served as director at Hanover, In 1863, he was elected a foreign member of the

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Karmarsch was a promoter of higher

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in Germany, and considered a pioneer of mechanical technology.Biographical information
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Johann Joseph von Prechtl Johann Joseph Ritter von Prechtl (16 November 1778, Bischofsheim, Grand-Dukal Würzburg (today's) Lower Franconia 28 October 1854, Wieden No. 54 (today's Paniglgasse, 4th district of Vienna)) was a German-born Austrian (since 1802) technologist ...

(17781854), he was an editor of a multi-volume

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of technology called ''Technologische Encyklopädie oder alphabetisches Handbuch der Technologie, der technischen Chemie und des Maschinenwesens''.Archive.org
Technologische Encyklopädie Other principal works by Karmarsch include: * ''Grundriß der mechanischen Technologie'', two volumes 1837/41 - Outline of mechanical technology. * ''Geschichte Der Technologie Seit Der Mitte Des Achtzehnten Jahrhundert'', 1872 - History of technology since the mid-eighteenth century.

References

External links

Biographical timeline at Hannover University website
* de.Wikisource (bibliography) 1803 births 1879 deaths 19th-century German people 19th-century Austrian people Heads of universities in Germany Academic staff of the University of Hanover Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Austrian emigrants to Germany {{Austria-academic-bio-stub