Donath, Joseph, 1750?-1829

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Dates:
Birth 1750
Death 1829-11-21
Latin, German,

Biographical notes:

Joseph Donath was a beekeeper and lived at Spring Mill, thirteen miles north of Philadelphia.

From the description of Journal of bee-keeping, 1787-1788. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316382

Son of Anton Donath and Anna Catharina Hübner, of St. Georgenthal in northern Bohemia (today: Jiřetín pod Jedlovou, Czech Republic), then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; university student in Prague from around 1772 to 1775. The individual named in the present items is evidently identical with the German-born Philadelphia merchant.

From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1770-1796, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 276852250

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Subjects:

  • Beehives
  • Bees

Occupations:

  • Beekeepers

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)

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