Weber, Karl Jakob, 1712-1764
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Name (Latin)
Weber, Karl Jakob, 1712-1764
Other forms of name
Weber, Carl, 1712-1764
Weber, Karl, 1712-1764
Date of birth
1712-08-01
Date of death
1764-02-15
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Parslow, C.C. Rediscovering antiquity, 1995:CIP t.p. (Karl Weber) galley (Karl Jakob Weber; b. Arth, Schwyz, Switzerland; Swiss military engineer, supervised investigations in Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae from 1750-1764)
- Histor.-biog. Lexikon der Schweiz.v. 7, p. 441 (Weber, Karl Jakob; b. 1712; d. 1764; engineer, archaeologist, participated in excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum)
- Ency. Brit.v. 11, p. 415 (under Herculaneum: Swiss Carl Weber; participated in excavations)
- Phone call to C.C. Parslow, 9/20/94(Karl Jakob Weber; b. 08-01-1712; d. 02-15-1764)
Wikipedia description:
Karl Jakob Weber (1 August 1712 – 15 February 1764) was a Swiss archeologist, military engineer and mercenary who worked under the orders of the Spanish military engineer Roque de Alcubierre in the excavations of Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae, under the patronage of King Charles VII of Naples. At first a soldier and military engineer, he joined the excavations in 1749. Weber's detailed drawings provided some of the basis for the luxurious royal folios of Le Antichità di Ercolano esposte, by means of which the European intelligentsia became aware of the details of what was being recovered. He is considered a pioneer of modern archeology.
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