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[[File:Kyselka (BÃlina), reliéf II.jpg|thumb|Relief of Franz Ambrosius Reuss]] |
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Reuss was born on 3 October 1761, [[Prague]], [[Bohemia]]. He studied medicine in [[Charles University|Charles University in Prague]] and obtained his medical doctorate |
Reuss was born on 3 October 1761, [[Prague]], [[Bohemia]]. He studied medicine in [[Charles University|Charles University in Prague]] and obtained his medical doctorate . As a student, he developed a strong interest in geology and mineralogy and subsequently visited the [[Freiberg University of Mining and Technology|”Bergakademie” in Freiberg]], where he attended lectures given by [[Abraham Gottlob Werner]], a proponent of geological [[Neptunism]]. Later on, he was hired by Prince Lobkowicz to serve as a spa physician in [[BÃlina]] in northwestern Bohemia. Here, he conducted investigations of the regions’ mineral deposits, that included [[orography|orographic]] and [[paragenesis|paragenetic]] studies of its highlands. He was the author of a number of works on the composition, geology and utilization of mineral resources at BÃlina, [[FrantiÅ¡kovy LáznÄ›]], [[LáznÄ› Libverda|Libverda]], [[Teplice]], etc. For this, and for his comments made regarding the mining aspects of regional mineral deposits, he was named royal ”Bergrat” (councilor of mines) in 1808.<ref name=DB>[http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd11645363X.html Reuss, Franz Ambros(ius)] Deutsche Biographie</ref> |
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He also conducted extensive mineralogical studies of the regions’ [[mineral springs]] from a medicinal standpoint.<ref>[http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=1189 REUSS, Franz Ambros.] The Mineralogical Record – Library</ref> From 1780, he assembled a systematic collection of minerals that was continued by his son, August Emanuel.<ref name=DB/> |
He also conducted extensive mineralogical studies of the regions’ [[mineral springs]] from a medicinal standpoint.<ref>[http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=1189 REUSS, Franz Ambros.] The Mineralogical Record – Library</ref> From 1780, he assembled a systematic collection of minerals that was continued by his son, August Emanuel.<ref name=DB/> |
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Reuss died on 9 September 1830, BÃlina, at the age of 68. |
Reuss died on 9 September 1830, BÃlina, at the age of 68. |
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== Published works == |
== Published works == |
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Czech geologist, mineralogist and balneologist (1761-1830)
Franz Ambrosius Reuss (3 October 1761 – 9 September 1830) was a Czech geologist, mineralogist and balneologist. He was the father of geologist August Emanuel von Reuss.
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Reuss was born on 3 October 1761, Prague, Bohemia, the son of a tailor from southern Baden. He studied medicine in Charles University in Prague and obtained his medical doctorate on 4 October 1783. As a student, he developed a strong interest in geology and mineralogy and subsequently visited the Bergakademie in Freiberg, where he attended lectures given by Abraham Gottlob Werner, a proponent of geological Neptunism. Later on, he was hired by Prince Lobkowicz to serve as a spa physician in BÃlina in northwestern Bohemia. He first examined the composition of the mineral springs of Bohemia which then led to more geological researches. In 1799 he published on the waters of Bilin and in 1818 he wrote on Marienbad. He used the analytical techniques of Berzelius. Here, he conducted investigations of the regions’ mineral deposits, that included orographic and paragenetic studies of its highlands. He was the author of a number of works on the composition, geology and utilization of mineral resources at BÃlina, FrantiÅ¡kovy LáznÄ›, Libverda, Teplice, etc. For this, and for his comments made regarding the mining aspects of regional mineral deposits, he was named royal Bergrat (councilor of mines) in 1808.[1] Reuss followed Werner’s ideas noting that basalt was of aquatic origin. A correspondent of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Alexander von Humboldt, he was elected to the Gottingen Academy of Sciences in 1800.[2]
He also conducted extensive mineralogical studies of the regions’ mineral springs from a medicinal standpoint.[3] From 1780, he assembled a systematic collection of minerals that was continued by his son, August Emanuel.[1]
Reuss married Katharina Scheithauer in 1797 and they had four daughters and four sons. died on 9 September 1830, BÃlina, at the age of 68 following an abdominal injury.[2]
He was the author of a four-volume textbook on mineralogy, Lehrbuch der Mineralogie (1801–06), in which he gives a total account of Werner’s ideas. A few of Reuss’s other written efforts are:
- Orographie des nordwestlichen Mittelgebirges in Böhmen, 1790 – Orography of the northwestern highlands of Bohemia.
- Mineralogische Geographie von Böhmen, (2 volumes) 1793–97 – Mineralogical geography of Bohemia.
- Sammlung naturhistorischer Aufsätze: Mit vorzüglichen Hinsicht auf die Mineralgeschichte Böhmens, 1796.
- Die Mineralquellen zu Bilin, 1808 – The mineral springs of Bilin.
- Die Mineralquellen zu Liebwerda in Böhmen, 1811 – The mineral springs of Liebwerda.[4]
