HURTER [HURTERO], JOHANN CHRISTOPH.
Alemannia siva Sueaviae superioris Choro. 1625, used by Blaeu 1634 & c.
Bland arbeten.
Alemannia siva Sueaviae superioris Choro.
Tooley.
1745-1808. Född i Rendsburg, död i Berlin.
Dansk-tysk historiker. 1762 blev han officer i artilleriet, 1773 kapten och 1785 major. 1778-79 deltog han i ett fälttåg med den preussiska armén. 1787 tog han avsked från dansk krigstjänst och gick över i preussisk. 1788 blev han direktör vid Ingeniörsakademiet i Potsdam, 1796 överste och 1800 generalmajor. 1777 utgav han 'Memoires d'artillerie' och 1785 'Almindeligt Udkast af Krigens Skueplads eller geographisk, topographisk og historisk Beskrivelse over Danmark, Norge og Sveriig.. som Inledning till Fredrik IV's KrigsHistorie'.
Bland arbeten.
Memoires d'artillerie.
Almindeligt Udkast af Krigens Skueplads eller geographisk, topographisk og historisk Beskrivelse over Danmark, Norge og Sveriig.. som Inledning till Fredrik IV's KrigsHistorie.
Ehrencron.
June 14, 1726 - December 16, 1798.
Was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary.
The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who had built up a modest estate at Bychton by the seventeenth century. In 1724 Thomas' father, David Pennant, also inherited the neighbouring Downing estate from a cousin, considerably augmenting the family's fortune. Downing Hall, where Thomas was born in the 'yellow room', became the main Pennant residence.
Pennant received his early education at Wrexham grammar school, before moving to Thomas Croft's school in Fulham in 1740. In 1744 entered Queen's College, Oxford, later moving to Oriel College. Like many students from a wealthy background, he left Oxford without taking a degree, although in 1771 his work as a zoologist was recognised with an honorary degree.
At the age of twelve, Pennant later recalled, he had been inspired with a passion for natural history through being presented with Francis Willughby's Ornithology. A tour in Cornwall in 1746-1747, where he met the antiquary...
Vägvisare för XI Olympiaden i Berlin - 1936
'Kalmarsund. Oskarshamn - Borgholm.' - Stockholm 1934.
