employed in trade and for domestic purposes. This work entitles Beckmann to be regarded as the founder of scientific technology, a term which he was the first to use in 1772. Beckmann's approach was that of a scholar working in the Enlightenment, and his analytical writings on technology mirrored the work of Diderot and his Encyclopedie, and the Descriptions des Arts et Metiers. He must have been inspired by the taxonomic work of Linnaeus and the Bibliothtecae of Albrecht von Haller. Nothing similar was being produced in English at that time. He was the first to write historical and critical accounts of the techniques of craft and manufacture and publish classifications of techniques. His goal was to produce a survey which would inspire others to make useful improvements. In 1772 Beckmann was elected a member of the Royal Society of Göttingen, and he contributed valuable scientific dissertations to its proceedings until 1783, when he withdrew from all further share in its work. He was also member of scientific societies in Celle, Halle, Munich, Erfurt, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Saint Petersburg. In 1784, he was appointed a Councillor to the Hanoverian Court. In 1790, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1809 he became member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands. He died on 3 February 1811. Klemm states '[He] should be credited with being the first reliable historian of inventions' and so must be regarded as the father of the study of the History of Technology A Johann Beckmann Society was founded in 1987 at Hoya to celebrate his life and work. Works Über Einrichtung der oeconomischen Vorlesungen, Göttingen 1767. Grundsatze der teutschen Landwirtschaft, 1769, 1896 (Basics of German Agriculture.) Physikalische-okonomoische Bibliothek 1770–1806 (a quarterly periodical of which 23 volumes were published) (7th ed by 1823) Beiträge zur Geschichte der Erfindungen, 5 vols., Leipzig/Göttingen, 1780–1805. Translated into English as the History of Inventions, discoveries and origins (1797, 4th ed 1846). Anleitung zur Handelswissenschaft, Göttingen, 1789. Vorbereitung zur Warenkunde (1795–1800) (Introduction to the Commodity Sciences.) Beitrage zur Okonomie, Technologie, Polizei- und Cameralwissenschaft (1777–1791, 1809) (Guide to Technology, or to the knoweledge of crafts, factories and manufactories.) Entwurf der algemeinen Technologie, Leipzig und Göttingen, 1806. (Draft on general technology.) Schwedische Reise in den Jahren 1765–1766, Uppsala, 1911 Literatur der älteren Reisebeschreibungen: Nachrichten von ihren Verfassern, von Ihrem Inhalte, Johann Friederich, Göttingen, 1804. {Cite book|https://archive.org/download/litteraturderlt03beckgoog/litteraturderlt03beckgoog.pdf} Notes