August von Herder
August von Herder | |
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Sigismund August Wolfgang von Herder Lithography by F. A. Zimmermann, 1841 | |
| Born | Siegmund August Wolfgang Herder 18 August 1776 |
| Died | 29 January 1838 |
| Occupation(s) | Mining Engineer Director of Mines for Saxony |
| Spouse(s) | Susanne Sophie Beyer (1781–1848) born Hähnel: she was a widow in 1805 when she married von Herder. |
| Children | Eugen Wolfgang von Herder (1810–1853) |
| Parent(s) | Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803) Maria Karoline Flachsland (1750–1809) |
August von Herder (18 August 1776 - 29 January 1838) was a German geologist and mineralogist. From 1813 he served in a succession of increasingly senior posts in the Saxon government mines service, ending up in 1826 as government mining director ("Berghauptmann"). He was an energetic and highly effective moderniser of the Saxon mining industry.