20 Notable alumni of
Freiberg University of Technology

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The Freiberg University of Technology is 1970th in the world, 655th in Europe, and 71st in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the Freiberg University of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Mikhail Lomonosov

    Mikhail Lomonosov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1711-1765 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    geologisthistorianphysicistastronomertranslator
    Biography

    Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus and the law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others. The founder of modern geology, Lomonosov was also a poet and influenced the formation of the modern Russian literary language.

  2. Alexander von Humboldt

    Alexander von Humboldt
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1769-1859 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    economistdemographermeteorologistzoologistvolcanologist
    Biography

    Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.

  3. Novalis

    Novalis
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1772-1801 (aged 29)
    Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
    In 1797 studied mining engineering
    Occupations
    literary theoristwriterpoetengineerlyricist
    Biography

    Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, pen name Novalis ( German pronunciation: [noˈvaːlɪs]), was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is regarded as an influential figure of Jena Romanticism.

  4. Prince Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia

    Prince Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    business manager
    Biography

    Georg Friedrich Ferdinand Prinz von Preussen is a German businessman who is the current head of the Prussian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, the former ruling dynasty of the German Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia. He is the great-great-grandson and historic heir of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, who abdicated and went into exile upon Germany's defeat in World War I in 1918. Thus he is a fourth great-grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and a distant cousin of many European monarchs.

  5. Theodor Körner

    Theodor Körner
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1791-1813 (aged 22)
    Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
    Studied in 1808
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Carl Theodor Körner was a German poet and soldier. After having lived for some time in Vienna, where he wrote some light comedies and other works for the Burgtheater, he became a soldier and joined the Lützow Free Corps in the German uprising against Napoleon. During this time, he displayed personal courage in many fights, and inspired his comrades by fiery patriotic lyrics he composed. One of these was the "Schwertlied" ('Sword Song'), composed during a lull in fighting, only a few hours before his death, and "Lützow's wilde Jagd", each set to music by both Carl Maria von Weber and Franz Schubert. He was often called the "German Tyrtaeus".

  6. Friedrich Mohs

    Friedrich Mohs
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1773-1839 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    physicistmineralogistuniversity teachercrystallographer
    Biography

    Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs was a German chemist and mineralogist. He was the creator of the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. Mohs also introduced a classification of the crystal forms in crystal systems independently of Christian Samuel Weiss.

  7. Abraham Gottlob Werner

    Abraham Gottlob Werner
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1749-1817 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    geologistuniversity teachermineralogist
    Biography

    Abraham Gottlob Werner was a German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth's crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism. While most tenets of Neptunism were eventually set aside, Werner is remembered for his demonstration of chronological succession in rocks; for the zeal with which he infused his pupils; and for the impulse he thereby gave to the study of geology. He has been called the "father of German geology".

  8. Ernst Engel

    Ernst Engel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1821-1897 (aged 76)
    Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
    Studied in 1842-1846
    Occupations
    politicianstatisticianeconomist
    Biography

    Ernst Engel was a German statistician and economist, famous for the Engel curve and Engel's law.

  9. Moritz Hochschild

    Moritz Hochschild
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1881-1965 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    entrepreneur
    Biography

    Moritz Hochschild (February 17, 1881 – June 12, 1965) was a leading mining industry businessman in the first half of the twentieth century. Along with Simón Iturri Patiño and Carlos Víctor Aramayo, he was one of the three so-called Bolivian tin barons. Additionally, he saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust by facilitating their legal admission to Bolivia.

  10. Clemens Winkler

    Clemens Winkler
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1838-1904 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    chemistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Clemens Alexander Winkler was a German chemist who discovered the element germanium in 1886, solidifying Dmitri Mendeleev's theory of periodicity.

  11. Rudolf Samoylovich

    Rudolf Samoylovich
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1881-1939 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    explorergeographer
    Biography

    Rudolf Lazarevich Samoylovich (Russian: Рудольф Лазаревич Самойлович) (13 September (O.S. 1 September), 1881 – 4 March 1939) was a Soviet polar explorer, professor, and doctor of geographic sciences.

  12. Behbud Khan Javanshir

    Behbud Khan Javanshir
    Born in
    Azerbaijan Flag Azerbaijan
    Years
    1878-1921 (aged 43)
    Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
    Studied in 1906
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Behbud Khan Javanshir was an Azerbaijani politician, diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.

  13. Hieronymous Theodor Richter

    Hieronymous Theodor Richter
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1824-1898 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    chemistuniversity teachermetallurgist
    Biography

    Hieronymus Theodor Richter was a German chemist.

  14. Paul Heinrich von Groth

    Paul Heinrich von Groth
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1843-1927 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    university teachermineralogistcrystallographer
    Biography

    Paul Heinrich Ritter von Groth was a German mineralogist. His most important contribution to science was his systematic classification of minerals based on their chemical compositions and crystal structures.

  15. Kwasi Boachi

    Kwasi Boachi
    Born in
    Ghana Flag Ghana
    Years
    1827-1904 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    botanical collectormining engineer
    Biography

    Kwasi Boakye or Kwasi Boachi was a Prince of the Ashanti Empire who was sent to the Netherlands together with his cousin, Kwame Poku, in 1837, by his father, King Kwaku Dua Panin, to receive education as part of larger negotiations between the Ashanti and the Dutch about the recruitment of Ashanti soldiers for the Dutch East Indies Army.

  16. Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt

    Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1853-1933 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    mineralogistcrystallographeruniversity teacherphilosophergeologist
    Biography

    Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt was a German mineralogist, natural philosopher, and art collector.

  17. August Breithaupt

    August Breithaupt
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1791-1873 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    mineralogistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt was a German mineralogist and professor at Freiberg Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony.

  18. Waldemar Lindgren

    Waldemar Lindgren
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1860-1939 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    mineralogistuniversity teachereconomic geologistgeologist
    Biography

    Waldemar Lindgren was a Swedish-American geologist and a founder of modern economic geology.

  19. Ernst Friedrich von Schlotheim

    Ernst Friedrich von Schlotheim
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1764-1832 (aged 68)
    Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
    Studied in 1791-1792
    Occupations
    paleontologistbotanistgeologistpolitician
    Biography

    Ernst Friedrich, Freiherr von Schlotheim, German palaeontologist and politician, was born in Allmenshausen, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

  20. Georg Gottlieb Pusch

    Georg Gottlieb Pusch
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1790-1846 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    geologistpaleontologistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Georg Gottlieb Pusch or in Polish Jerzy Bogumił Pusz was a German geologist. He wrote Geognostischer Katechismus oder Anweisung zum praktischen Geognosiren für angehende Bergleute und Geognosten Craz und Gerlach., Freiburg 1819., 212 S