Hans Moritz von Brühl

Hans Moritz Graf von Brühl ( born December 20, 1736, in Wiederau, † June 9, 1809 in London ) was a German ( the Electorate of Saxony ), diplomat, scientist and chess players in London, where he was known as John Maurice, Count of Bruhl.

Life

It comes from the Saxon- Thuringian nobility Brühl and was the son of Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Brühl on Martin churches, castle and wait Bedra, the older brother of the famous Prime Minister Heinrich von Brühl. He and his cousin, Hans Moritz von Brühl bear the name of Hans Moritz.

He studied from 1750 to 1754 in Leipzig, where he found a father figure in Christian Gellert and was a friend of Johann Friedrich von Cronegk.

1755 he took over at the age of 19 years in Paris on diplomatic assignments,

"... And there mainly supported his compatriots during the war damahligen { } Seven Years' War had recourse to him. In 1759 he began to Warsaw { to 1763 the Elector of Saxony was also King of Poland } called, where he was appointed chamberlain and state - captain in Thuringia. In the year 1778 ... the elector appointed him his real geh Rathe ... "

In the fall of 1764 he was ambassador in London. In 1767 he married Alicia Maria Carpenter, Countess of Egremont, later Countess Brühl ( 1729-1794 ) and 1796 Maria Chowne.

HM Bruhl was a popular, often mentioned in the press patron of art and science - even socially a friend of the Enlightenment.

Establishing the Leipzig Economic Societät on May 26, In 1764 he was one of three honorary members - his reports and opinions to the "New Science ", the "State husbandry " ( Economics) were in demand.

Scientist

1765 was a member of the Royal Society of Bruhl, 1785 and honorary member of the Göttingen Academy. The prize honors later in particular his contributions to the development of chronometry for the accurate determination of longitude, his astronomical knowledge and the international transfer of knowledge and people.

Especially was sustained:

  • The promotion of Franz Xaver von Zach, whom he hired as an educator and staff in England and Thomas Harriot manuscripts found with him,
  • The mediation of chronometers for the Mathematics and Physics Salon in Dresden, which put an important starting point for the now famous Glashutte watches production
  • The fruitful correspondence with " the well-known rural astronomer " Johann George Palitzsch

Chess players

"Count de Bruhl " was next Philidor, Verdoni and George Atwood one of the greatest chess player of his time, of which several parts have survived.

Publications

  • Comparaison de l' impôt de France avec celui d ' Angleterre. London 1766
  • Recherches sur divers objets de l' Économie Politique. Dresden in 1781; German: studies on various subjects of political economy. Gera 1783
  • Three Registers of a pocket chronometer. London 1785; German: Three diaries on a Pocket Chronometer ... in:. literature for Older and Newer Reading Leipzig 1785, Vol 3, 5.Heft, pp. 82-108
  • Latitudes and Longitudes of several Places ascertained. London 1786
  • Journal du Nouveau Chronomètre. London 1790
  • Preface in Bergasse: Reflections on Animal Magnetism. Dresden 1790
  • Annex A short Explanation of the most proper Methods of calculating a mean daily rate. to T. Mudge junior: Reply to Dr. Maskelyne. 1792
  • A Register of Mr. Mudge 's Timekeepers. London 1794
  • On the Investigation of Astronomical Circles. London 1794; translated with additions by Franz Xaver von Zach: Carl Friedrich Hindenburg: Archive of pure and applied mathematics. Third book, Leipzig 1795, p 257-308

Articles written by him in:

  • Johann Elert Bode: Berlin Astronomical Yearbook.
  • Karl Christian Canzler, August Gottlieb Meissner (ed.). Literature for Older and Newer Reading Leipzig from 1783 to 1785.

Translations:

  • Ecole de l' officier. Paris in 1770, a translation of Gottlob Friedrich von Brück: advantages include a situation for military use and to draw, how to tractiren also the most useful field-works and build. Dresden 1767

Portraits

  • Paintings in the British National Trust Petworth House
  • Portrait paintings in the dining room of the castle in Saxony Gaußig
  • Engraving by Conrad Westermayr with description, in: Franz Xaver von Zach (ed.): General geographical ephemeris. Volume 4, Weimar 1799, when frontispiece before page 81
Braunsbedra Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon Johann Georg Palitzsch Carl Hindenburg Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty Book frontispiece Johann Gottfried Gruber Benjamin Franklin Integrated Authority File
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