1st: Christiane Amalie (1xxx-1827) in 1819 ; 2nd: Henriette in 1828
1796 in Dresden
1840
brickmaster Wilhelm Gotthelf L. (17xx-1817)
mother (1xxx-1812)
attended school at the Pfeilschmidtschen Garnisonsschule, then studied architecture at Dresden Bauschule
Germany
his observations of the Moon since 1821 enabling him to produce a Mondkärtchen (lunar map). This map was further developed in 1824 as Topographie der sichtbaren Mondoberfläche ("Topography of the visible surface of the moon") ;
Technische Bildungsanstalt Dresden (Dresden Technical School): first director of this precursor of TU Dresden
astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, then assistant at the Royal Observatory Bonn ;
astronomical drawing, esp. of lunar surface & craters
Technische Universität Dresden library ; www.manfredholl.de/kart4.htm ; www.lohrmannclub.net/UeberLohrmann.htm
W.G.L.: Topographie der Sichtbaren Mondoberfläche, Dresden-Leipzig, 1824; In 1878, Johann F.J.Schmidt ed. & publ. all 25 sections of the map as Mondkarte in 25 Sektionen; republished in 1963 in Leipzig (Barth). Birmingham, J., "Review (Lohrmann's Lunar Map)", cf.rev.in Astronomical Register 16(1878
Saxon cartographer, astronomer, meteorologist & patron of the sciences.
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