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Ignaz von Born
Ignaz
Edler
von Born
, also known as
Ignatius von Born
(, , ) (26 December 1742 in
Cavnic
,
Grand Principality of Transylvania
,
Habsburg Monarchy
– 24 July 1791 in
Vienna
) was a
mineralogist
and
metallurgist
. He was a prominent
freemason
, being head of Vienna's Illuminati lodge and an influential anti-clerical writer. He was the leading scientist in the
Holy Roman Empire
during the 1770s in the
age of Enlightenment
.
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