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BECKMANN, JOHANN (17391811) , German scientific author, was born on the 4th of June 1739 at Hoya in Hanover, where his father was postmaster and receiver of taxes. He was educated at Stade and the university of Gottingen. 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 Lutheran community, Anton Friedrich
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ordinary professor. He was in the habit of taking his students into the workshops, that they might acquire a practical
Haller . 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
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schaft (1789); Vorbereitung zur Warenkunde (17951800); Beitrage zur Okonomie, Technologie, Polizei- and Kameralwissenschaft (17771791). End of Article: BECKMANN, JOHANN (17391811) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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