Johann Beckmann
German author
Johann Beckmann was a German scientific author and coiner of the word technology, to mean the science of trades. He was the first man to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject. Wikipedia
Born: June 4, 1739, Hoya, Germany
Died: February 3, 1811 (age 71 years), Göttingen, Germany
Children: Sophie Schmelzer and Samuel Johann Stephan Beckmann
Partner: Sophie Louise Caroline Beckmann