Heinrich Berghaus 1168826 221885883 2008-06-26T15:03:58Z Neddyseagoon 883252 /* References */ '''Heinrich Berghaus''' ([[May 3]], [[1797]] – [[February 17]], [[1884]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[geographer]]. Berghaus was born at [[Kleve]]. He was trained as a [[Surveyor (surveying)|surveyor]], and after volunteering for active service under General [[Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien|Tauentzien]] in 1813, joined the staff of the [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] trigonometrical survey in 1816. He carried on a geographical school at [[Potsdam]] in company with [[Heinrich Lange]], [[August Heinrich Petermann]], and others, and long held the professorship of [[applied mathematics]] at the [[Eauakademie]]. He died at [[Szczecin|Stettin (Szczecin)]] on [[February 17]], [[1884]]. Berghaus is most famous in connection with his cartographical work. His greatest achievement was the ''Physikalischer Atlas'' (Gotha, 1838–1848), in which work, as in others, his nephew Hermann Berghaus (1828–1890) was associated with him. He had also a share in the re-issue of the great Stieler ''Handatlas'' (originally produced by [[Adolf Stieler]] in 1817–1823, see: [[Stielers Handatlas]]), and in the production of other atlases. Berghaus's written works were numerous and important, including ''Allgemeine Länder- und Völkerkunde'' (Stuttgart, 1837–1840), ''Grundriss der Geographie in fünf Büchern'' (Berlin, 1842), ''Die Völker des Erdballs'' (Leipzig, 1845–1847), ''Was man von der Erde weiß'' (Berlin, 1856–1860), and various large works on Germany. In 1863 he published ''Briefwechsel mit Alexander von Humboldt'' (Leipzig). * Web archive of the great German Hand-Atlases. Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas online: [http://www.handatlas.de/ handatlas.de] ==References== {{1911}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berghaus, Heinrich}} [[Category:1797 births]] [[Category:1884 deaths]] [[Category:German cartographers]] [[Category:Prussian Army personnel]] [[Category:People from the Duchy of Cleves]] [[de:Heinrich Berghaus]] [[pl:Heinrich Berghaus]]