Joseph Friedrich von Racknitz (1744-1818)
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- Name (English)
- Joseph Friedrich von Racknitz
- Short name
- Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von Racknitz
- Year of birth
- 1744
- Year of death
- 1818
- Short Description
- "Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von Racknitz (1744–1818) was part of the Racknitz family from Steiermark, Germany, a family that originated in 1180 at Castle Perneck. Residing in Dresden, he worked as the equivalent of a court marshal, and published an often-cited pamphlet about the chess-playing machine The Turk, Ueber den Schachspieler des Herrn von Kempelen, nebst einer Abbildung und Beschreibung seiner Sprachmachine, which attempted to reveal the secret behind the purported automaton using new illustrations as well as personal observations.
Racknitz also had a sizable insect collection. The collection, which contained over 5000 pieces, is still held at the Sachsen State Museum." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021) - Entity Encoding
- piz
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