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Last Name Akrel
Given Name Frederick
alt. Names F. A. ; Fred / Fredrik or Fridrick ; F. Akrelius ;
Marriage
Children painter Carl Fredrik Akrel (1779-1868)
Year born 1748
Year died 1804
Place of death
Father's occupation
Relatives
Education long-time assistant of Akerman
Country of Activity Sweden
Worked for
Patronage kongl. Vetenskapssocietet. in Uppsala ; Kosmografiska Sällskapet(= cosmographical society, founded in 1758); Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm;
Collaborators
Techniques copper engraving & hand-colouring of geographical maps ; 3D globe making
Sample(s) www.aradergalleries.com/detail.php?id=3003 ; http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/9200107/CD4ACB6E74C13E588D88D86949C6DF86A0288B18.html ;
Archival sources
Published sources
other Akerman's globe workshop became the property of the Swedish state & F.A., the long-time assistant of Akerman, was appointed its head. ->Erik Akerland (1754-after 1832) became apprentice to F.A. in 1781 to learn the manufacturing of globes & copperplate-engraving.
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