August Michael Tauscher
Encyclopedia
August Michael Tauscher (1771 - 1841) was a philosopher , botanist and entomologist. He made , between 1807 and 1812 an exploration of Russia
on behalf of Count Alexey Razumovsky
. After 1814 he lived in Saxony
and after 1826 in Dresden
described as an independent scholar. He was a correspondent of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
and a Member of The Moscow Academy of Sciences.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
on behalf of Count Alexey Razumovsky
Alexey Razumovsky
Count Alexei Grigorievich Razumovsky , was a Ukrainian Cossack who rose to become lover and, the morganatic spouse of the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna.- Early life :...
. After 1814 he lived in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
and after 1826 in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
described as an independent scholar. He was a correspondent of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
and a Member of The Moscow Academy of Sciences.
Works
Partial List- (1809) Sur quelques noctuelles nouvelles de la Russie Mém. Soc. Nat. Moscou 2: 313-326, 1pl
- (1818) Versuch, die Idee einer fortgesetzten Schöpfung oder einer fortwährenden Entstehung neuer Organismen aus regelmässig wirkenden Naturkräften, als vereinbar mit den Thatsachen der wirklichen Erfahrung, den Grundsätzen einer gereinigten Vernuft und den Wahrheiten der religiösen Offenbahrung darzustellen. Starke, Chemnitz.