17 Notable alumni of
Freiberg University of Technology
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The Freiberg University of Technology is 2046th in the world, 663rd in Europe, and 73rd in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 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.
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Alexander von Humboldt
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- chamberlainvolcanologistzoologistmeteorologistdemographer
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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. Humboldt's advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement laid the foundation for modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.
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Novalis
- Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
- In 1797 studied mining engineering
- Occupations
- literary theoristphilosopherlyricistengineerpoet
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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 idiosyncratic and influential figure of Jena Romanticism.
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Theodor Körner
- Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
- Studied in 1808
- Occupations
- poetwriter
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Carl Theodor Körner was a German poet and soldier. After 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 these times, he displayed personal courage in many fights, and encouraged his comrades by fiery patriotic lyrics he composed, among these being the "Schwertlied" (Sword Song), composed during a lull in fighting only a few hours before his death, and "Lützows wilde Jagd" (Lützow's Wild Chase, or Hunt), each set to music by both Carl Maria von Weber and Franz Schubert. He was often called the "German Tyrtaeus."
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Friedrich Mohs
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- physicistcrystallographeruniversity teachermineralogist
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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.
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Abraham Gottlob Werner
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- mineralogistuniversity teachergeologist
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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".
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Ernst Engel
- Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
- Studied in 1842-1846
- Occupations
- economiststatisticianpolitician
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Ernst Engel was a German statistician and economist, famous for the Engel curve and Engel's law.
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Clemens Winkler
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- university teacherchemist
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Clemens Alexander Winkler was a German chemist who discovered the element germanium in 1886, solidifying Dmitri Mendeleev's theory of periodicity.
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Rudolf Samoylovich
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- geographerexplorer
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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.
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Behbud Khan Javanshir
- Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
- Studied in 1906
- Occupations
- politician
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Behbud Khan Javanshir was an Azerbaijani politician, diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.
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Hieronymous Theodor Richter
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- metallurgistuniversity teacherchemist
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Hieronymus Theodor Richter was a German chemist.
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Paul Heinrich von Groth
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- crystallographermineralogistuniversity teacher
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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.
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Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt
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- mineralogistgeologistphilosopheruniversity teachercrystallographer
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Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt was a German mineralogist, natural philosopher, and art collector.
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Waldemar Lindgren
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- geologisteconomic geologistuniversity teachermineralogist
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Waldemar Lindgren was a Swedish-American geologist and a founder of modern economic geology.
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August Breithaupt
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- university teachermineralogist
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Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt was a German mineralogist and professor at Freiberg Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony.
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Kwasi Boachi
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- mining engineerbotanical collector
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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.
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Ernst Friedrich von Schlotheim
- Enrolled in the Freiberg University of Technology
- Studied in 1791-1792
- Occupations
- politiciangeologistbotanistpaleontologist
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Ernst Friedrich, Freiherr von Schlotheim, German palaeontologist and politician, was born in Allmenshausen, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
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Georg Gottlieb Pusch
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- university teacherpaleontologistgeologist
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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
