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Johann Beckmann
Johann Beckmann (1739-1811) was a German scientific author and coiner of the word
He was born on
The death of his mother in 1762 having deprived him of his means of support, he went in 1763 on the invitation of the pastor of the
He was in the habit of taking his students into the workshops, that they might acquire a practical as well as a theoretical knowledge of different processes and handicrafts. While thus engaged he determined to trace the history and describe the existing condition of each of the arts and sciences on which he was lecturing. But even Beckmann's industry and ardour were unable to overtake the amount of study necessary for this task. He therefore confined his attention to several practical arts and trades; and to these labors we owe his "
Beckmann's approach was that of a scholar working in the Enlightenment, and his analytical writings on technology mirrored the work of
In 1772 Beckmann was elected a member of the
Klemm states ' [He] should be credited with being the first reliable historian of inventions' and so must be regarded as the father of the study of the
Other important works of Beckmann are:
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A Johann Beckmann Society was founded in 1987 at Hoya to celebrate his life and work. There is no longer a web page.
References
* The Public Domain
* Friedrich Klemm, article 'Beckmann, Johann', in "
* There appear to be no other English language biographies, but German language ones are cited in Klemm.
Источник: Johann Beckmann
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