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Franz Ludwig von Cancrin
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or FRANZ LUDWIG VON CANCRIN (1738-1812), German mineralogist and metallurgist, was born on the 21st of February 1738, at Breitenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt. In 1764 he entered the service of the landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt at Hanau, becoming professor of mathematics at the military academy, head of the civil engineering department of the state, director of the theatre and (1774) of the mint. A work on the copper mines of Hesse (1767) earned him a European reputation, and in 1783 he accepted from Catherine II. of Russia the directorship of the famous Staraya salt-works, living thenceforth in Russia. In 1798 he became a councillor of state at St Petersburg. He published many works on mineralogy and metallurgy, of which the most important, the Grundzilge der Bergand Salzwerkskunde (13 vols., Frankfort, 1773-1791), has been translated into several languages. His son, Count Georg von Cancrin, or Kankrin (1774-1845), was the eminent Russian minister of finance.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Franz Ludwig von Cancrin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/f/franz-ludwig-von-cancrin.html. 1910.
