1779-1868.
Son till Fredrik A. Akrel. Militär, kopparstickare, f. 13 jan. 1779 i Stockholm, inskrefs 1793 i Landtmäterikontoret, men öfvergick snart till Fortifikationen, där han 1796 utnämndes till konduktör. Under de följande tio åren utmärkte han sig som ingenjör vid åtskilliga viktiga arbeten, såsom Trollhätte (gamla) kanal- och slussverksbyggnad samt befästningsarbetena i Stockholms skärgård och vid Stralsund. 1806 fick han löjtnants grad vid den då inrättade Fältmätningskåren samt utnämndes 1807 till kapten i armén och lärare i fortifikation vid krigsakademien på Karlberg. På sistnämnda post inlade han genom förträffliga föreläsningar och afhandlingar stor förtjänst om den svenska militärbildningen. En öfversättning af hans Föreläsningar i fortifikation (1811) nyttjades en tid äfven vid militärskolorna i Ryssland. 1812 befordrades han till major i armén. Under Karl Johan deltog han såsom öfveradjutant i 1813 års tyska fälttåg mot Napoleon och var med i slagen vid Grossbeeren, Dennewitz och Leipzig, där han vid sto...
Bland arbeten.
Fordna och närvarande Sverige.
Voyage pittoresque au Cap Nord.
Resa i Propontiden.
Bref om Förenta staterna.
Reise durch Schweden.
Nordisk Familjebok, Uggleupplagan.
John: 1641-1708.
Samuel: before 1703-1739.
As a map engraver and hydrographer, Thornton was one of the best-known figures of his time, being appointed Hydrographer to the Hudson Bay Company and to the East India Company. He worked closely for many years with John Seller, William Fisher (fl. 1669-91), Richard Mount, Robert Morden and Philip Lea in preparing and publishing a number of well-known atlases and charts. In particular, when John Seller was beset by difficulties in completing the later volumes of the English Pilot, Thornton took over and subsequently published Book III (1703) and Book IV (1689), the latter in conjunction with William Fisher. He also assisted with the issue of Seller's Atlas Maritimus (c. 1675) and later issued an atlas of his own under the same title.
Bland arbeten.
c. 1667 Charts of the East Coast of England onwards
1685 Atlas Maritimus 1700 Re-issued
1689 English Pilot, Book IV 1698-1789 About 37 editions c. 1700 Atlas (without title)
1703 English Pilot, Book III 1711 Re-issued by Samuel Thornton and further issues to about 1761
David Bannister
1653-1722.
A book publisher who started business in Utrecht and later moved to Amsterdam and finally settled in Leeuwarden.
Karta öfver Stockholm. - 1904.
'Landsort - Nyköping - Arkö.' - Stockholm 1933.
Grasset de Sainte-Sauveur, Jaques
Biografiska uppgifter:Montreal 1757 - Paris 1810.
A late eighteenth and early nineteenth century French (Canadian) artist, writer and diplomat, Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur left Montreal in 1764 and began his studies with the Jesuits of Sainte-Barbe, in Paris. His first published book, Costumes civils de tous les peoples connus, dates from 1784. It deals with his lifelong passion of chronicling the peoples of other lands, particularly in remote areas. His other works include, Tableaux cosmographiques de l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique (1787), L'Antique Rome (1795), Encyclopedie des voyages (1796), and Voyage picturesque dans les autres parties du monde (1806). Groenlandais (Native of Greenland) was engraved by Labrousse for the c. 1797 publication, Costumes de different pays. Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur both designed the engravings and wrote the text for all of these publications. Besides being an artist and writer Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur also led an active diplomatic career. He served as France's vice-consul in Hungary and elsewhere. Today the art of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur may be found in the following collections; the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, the National Library of Australia, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, and the New York Public Library.
Bland arbeten:
Costumes civils de tous les peoples connus (1784), Tableaux cosmographiques de l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique (1787), L'Antique Rome (1795), Encyclopedie des voyages (1796), Voyage picturesque dans les autres parties du monde (1806), Costumes de different pays (c. 1797).
