| LC control no. | no2017150935 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sternberg, Joachim von, Graf, 1755-1808 |
| Variant(s) | Von Sternberg, Joachim, Graf, 1755-1808 |
| Birth date | 1755 |
| Death date | 1808 |
| Field of activity | Mineralogy Mines and mineral resources |
| Profession or occupation | Naturalists |
| Found in | Bemerkungen über Russland, 1794: title page (Joachim Grafen von Sternberg) DNB, 16 November 2017 (Sternberg, Joachim von, 1755-1808; Graf; naturalist; member of the royal Bohemian Society of Sciences) The mineralogical record, 1994: volume 25, number 6, page 113 (Joachim von Sternberg (1755-1808); Count Joachim von Sternberg was the middle-born of three sons of the Geheimenrat and Finance Minister Count Johann von Sternberg; he studied mathematics, mineralogy and chemistry; in 1792 he traveled to Denmark, Sweden and western Russia, learning more about mining and the iron industry and enlarging his growing mineral collection; in 1798 his father died, and Joachim inherited the family estates and title; his elder brother had died in 1789, leaving Joachim as eldest surviving son; during the next few years he continued his scholarly travels, studying mining and minerals in England, France, Hungary, and Carinthia; he died in 1808, at Brezina Palace; his various publications describe his travels, metallurgical investigations, botanical observations, and chemical mineralogical work; he was a member of several learned societies including the Naturalist Society in Berlin, the Botanical Society in Regensberg, and the Scientific Society of Bohemia) |
| Associated language | ger |
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