Siegmund August Wolfgang von Herder

German geologist (1776-1838)

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Lived 1776–1838, aged 62Germany
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    1776–1838
    Aged 62
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Updated 2026-08-19

August von Herder was a German geologist and mineralogist. From 1813 he served in a succession of increasingly senior posts in the Saxon government mines service, ending up in 1826 as government mining director ("Berghauptmann"). He was an energetic and highly effective moderniser of the Saxon mining industry.

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