Friedrich von Schubert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich von Schubert

Russian general

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1789

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1865

Profession: geographer, cartographer, hydrographer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Theodor Friedrich von Schubert (1789–1865) was a Baltic German general and scientist.
Born in Saint Petersburg as the son of astronomer Theodor von Schubert.
When he was sixteen years old, he accompanied his father on the Russian expedition to China.
He was married to Sophie Rall, and had four children.
He became an infantry general in the Russian army, head of the military topographic service, and honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
As an officer, he fought in the War of the Fourth Coalition in 1806, in the Finnish War in 1808 and in the Russo-Turkish War in 1810.
by 1812, he was an upper quartermaster general, and at the battle of Leipzig in 1815, he became a colonel.
Between 1815 and 1818, he stayed with the Russian occupation force in France, before returning to Russia as part of the general staff.
He was interested in cartography.
In 1845, he became an infantry general.
He died in Stuttgart in 1865, after having spent his last years traveling.