Ferdinand de Brahm
Ferdinand Joseph Sébastien de Brahm (1752–1822) was a surveyor and a military engineer. De Brahm was born in the Holy Roman Empire in 1752. He began work as a military Engineer under the Prince-Elector of Trier before coming to America to assist his uncle, William Gerard de Brahm, the Surveyor General of Georgia, South Carolina, and East Florida, in charting a series of nautical maps.
Ferdinand de Brahm
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- 1752
- Died
- 1822
- Occupation
- cartographer · military engineer
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Ferdinand Joseph Sébastien de Brahm (1752–1822) was a surveyor and a military engineer. De Brahm was born in the Holy Roman Empire in 1752. He began work as a military Engineer under the Prince-Elector of Trier before coming to America to assist his uncle, William Gerard de Brahm, the Surveyor General of Georgia, South Carolina, and East Florida, in charting a series of nautical maps.
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Then, upon the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, de Brahm joined the Corps of Engineers, attaining the rank of Captain and then Major. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1784.
Ferdinand de Brahm is recorded as cartographer and military engineer.
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1752
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- 1.Founders Online: To Benjamin Franklin from François de Brahm, 20 April 1777. founders.archives.gov.
- 2.Walker, Paul K. Engineers of Independence: A Documentary History of the Army Engineers in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. Historical Division, Office of Administrative Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers. 1981.
- 3.APS Member History. search.amphilsoc.org.
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