Soldner biography
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Johann Georg von Soldner
German physicist, mathematician and astronomer (1776–1833)
Johann Georg von Soldner (16 July 1776 in Feuchtwangen, Ansbach – 13 May 1833 in Bogenhausen, Munich) was a German physicist, mathematician and astronomer, first in Berlin and later in 1808 in Munich.
Life
[edit]He was born in Feuchtwangen in Ansbach as the son of the farmer Johann Andreas Soldner. He received two years' teaching at the Feuchtwanger Latin School.
Soon Soldner's mathematical talent was discovered: Soldner managed to measure the fields of his father by self-built instruments. At night, he studied math textbooks and maps. Since he never had been to high school, he pursued private studies of languages and mathematics in Ansbach, in 1796.
In 1797, he came to Berlin, where he worked under the astronomer Johann Elert Bode as a geometer, and was involved with astronomical and geodetic studies. From 1804 to 1806, he was the leader of a team which worked on the survey of
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Paul Soldner
American artist
Paul Edmund Soldner (April 24, 1921 – January 3, 2011) was an American ceramic artist and educator, noted for his experimentation with the 16th-century Japanese technique called raku, introducing new methods of firing and post firing, which became known as American Raku.[1] He was the founder of the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in 1966.[2]
Biography
[edit]Paul Edmund Soldner was born on April 24, 1921, in Summerfield, Illinois, his father was a Mennonite preacher.[3] He served as a United States ArmyMedical Corps during World War II.[3] Soldner served in General George Patton's Third Army during the Battle of the Bulge, and was awarded a Purple Heart.[3]
Soldner began to pursue a career in art upon returning to the United States after the Army, in 1946 he earned a degree from Bluffton College.[3] He continued his studies and received a MFA degree in 1954 from the University of Colorado.
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About Paul Soldner
1921-2011
Paul Soldner was born in Summerfield, Illnois on April 24, 1921. Soldner hadn't planned to be an artist when he was young; he started out as a pre-med student. His medical aspirations waned after being drafted into the Army and serving as a medic for three-and-a-half years during World War II. Afterwards, he returned to the United States with a strong interest in photography, and the desire to pursue a more artistic career. He earned a bachelor's grad in Art Education at Bluffton College in Ohio, and then a master's degree in Arts Administration from the University of Colorado in Boulder.
It was at Boulder that he was introduced to ceramics bygd Katie Horseman, a visiting lecturer and head of ceramics at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. After teaching art for eight years in public schools, at the age of 33, Soldner decided to become a potter. He headed for the Los Angeles County Art Institute, and became Peter Voulk