Jiří Buquoy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jiří Buquoy

Bohemian aristocrat, mathematician, and inventor

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1781

Place of Birth: Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1851

Profession: economist, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Georg Franz August Graf von Buquoy Czech pronunciation (Czech: Jirí František August Buqouy) (1781–1851) was a Bohemian aristocrat, mathematician, and inventor.
He studied mathematics, natural science, philosophy, and economics at the Prague and Vienna universities.
In 1810 he constructed an early steam engine.
Most of all, he was engaged in the glass works in Nové Hrady region.
On the basis of many experiments he succeeded in inventing an original process technology of a black opaque glass called hyalite (1817), as well as completing the production process for red hyalite (1819).