Toussaint von Charpentier (22 November 1779 – 4 March 1847) was a German
geologist
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and
entomologist.
He was the author of ''Libellulinae europaeae descriptae e depictae'' (1840).
Biography
Toussaint von Charpentier was born in
Freiberg, Saxony
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Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage c ...
( 22 November 1779 and died in
Brieg 4 March 1847.
Charpentier was the son of the
Saxony
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geologist and "Berghauptmann" (head of the mining inspectorate),
Johann Friedrich William von Charpentier and the brother of
Johann von Charpentier. He studied geology and mining engineering at the
Bergakademie Freiberg and continued his studies at the University of
Leipzig
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.
In the year 1802 Charpentier went to
Prussia
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, where he accepted a place with the
Silesia
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Oberbergamt (upper mining authority) in
Breslau. Charpentier took over the management of Schweidnitz local mining authority in
Schweidnitz until returning, in 1811, to the upper mining authority in Breslau.
In 1828 his transfer to
Dortmund as "Vizeberghauptmann" took place. 1830 he was appointed to a post in "Oberbergamtes"
Dortmund. In the year 1836 he transferred to the Silesian mining authority in the same capacity. After 1819 he was transferred to Brieg and remained there up to his death in the same office.
Charpentier published numerous writings on mountain structure and geology, in addition, to writing on his hobby, entomology. He published between 1829 and 1830 a new edition of the publications ''Die europäischen Schmetterlinge'' and ''Die ausländischen Schmetterlinge'' with
Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (2 June 1742 – 27 July 1810) was a German zoologist and naturalist. Born in Wunsiedel in Bavaria, he was professor of zoology at Erlangen university.
Life and work
Eugen and his brother Friedrich were intro ...
.
Works
*''Kurze Beschreibung sämtlicher beim Amalgamierwerk Halsbrücke bei Freiberg vorkommenden Arbeiten'', 1802
*''Übersetzung von Rinmans Allgemeindem Bergwerkslexikon'', 1808
*''Darstellung der Höhe verschiedener Berge, Flüsse und Orte Schlesiens'', 1812
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*''Über Gletscher'', 1819
*''Bemerkungen auf einer Reise von Breslau über Salzburg, Tirol und der südlichen Schweiz nach Rom, Neapel und Paestum'' Bd. 1-2, 1820
*''Horae Entomologicae'', 1825
*''Libellulinae Europaeae'', 1840
*''Orthopterae'', Heft 1-10, 1841–1843
References
1779 births
1847 deaths
19th-century German geologists
German lepidopterists
Scientists from Freiberg
19th-century German zoologists
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