Johan Samuel Augustin
Johan Samuel Augustin was a German-Danish astronomical writer and civil servant.
Life
Johan Samuel Augustin was born in Oldenswort in Eiderstedt to an old Frisian family. When he was 2 years old his father, John. Sam. Augustin, died and was allowed by his uncle and legal guardian, Corniels Bischoff of Tetenbøl, to stay with his other uncle, Steffens Augustin, who also lived in Oldenswort. After leaving school he studied at the universities of Kiel, Jena and Leipzig. He intended to study law, but he ended up accepting a job as an information clerk.At Friedrich Wiedeburg in Leipzig, he acquired a taste for mathematics and astronomy, which he would later study with great zeal, and acquired a large library and an instrument collection. He also worked with a company involved in the release of the print Peder Paars by Johan Frederik Clemens.
In 1750, he was employed as a secretary of the War Chancellery in Copenhagen, and was promoted to the First Secretary in 1757. The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences had him listed as a member in 1775. On March 21, 1781, he became a member of the Royal Danish Society of Homeland History. He died in Copenhagen unmarried as Councillor and was the first of many influential people to be buried at the Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen. His portrait is in the catalog of his collection.