Wilhelm Hauchecorne
German geologist and first president of the Prussian Geological Survey in Berlin (1828-1900) · Scientists · Died at 71
Heinrich Lambert Wilhelm Hauchecorne was a German geologist of French Huguenot parentage who was born in Aachen. He studied at the University of Berlin and at the Bergakademie in Freiberg. Among his instructors were Heinrich Ernst von Beyrich (1815-1896), Gustav Rose (1798-1873) and Christian Samuel Weiss (1780-1856).
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Afterward he became director of a copper mine near Rheinbreitbach, and in 1866 was appointed director of the Berlin Mining Academy. In 1873, he became the co-director of the Prussian National Geological Survey.
