Johann Karl Wilhelm Voigt (1752-1821)
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- Name (English)
- Johann Karl Wilhelm Voigt
- Short name
- Johann Karl Wilhelm Voigt
- Year of birth
- 1752
- Year of death
- 1821
- Short Description
- "Johann Karl Wilhelm Voigt (20 February 1752 in Allstedt – 2 January 1821 in Ilmenau) was a German mineralogist and mining engineer.
He initially studied law at the University of Jena, then in 1776 enrolled at the Mining Academy in Freiberg as a pupil of Abraham Gottlob Werner. He later relocated to Weimar, where in 1783 he was named secretary of the Bergwerkskommission (mining commission). During his time spent in Weimar he developed a close friendship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — through Voigt, Goethe received an education in mineralogy. From 1789 to 1821, he served as Bergrath (councillor of mines) in Ilmenau." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020) - Entity Encoding
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