Anton August Beck [SEP] place of death
Anton August Beck
Anton August Beck (27 August 1713, Braunschweig - 17 March 1787, Braunschweig) was a German engraver. He was the son of Johann Georg Beck and his wife Anna Elisabeth. On Johann's death, his student Johann Georg Schmidt married his widow and adopted his business. On Schmidt's death, Anton took over the business.
) in Königsberg. The couple had one child:
- Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (20 August 1757 - 24 April 1816)
Anton would have inherited the dukedom of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck had it not been for his early death of wounds received at the Battle of Kunersdorf. His father Peter outlived him, so the dukedom was passed on from Peter to Anton's only son, Friedrich.
References.
- Laubert, Manfred (1900).