Johan Sigismund von Mösting
Banker, Deceased Person
1759 – 1843
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Who was Johan Sigismund von Mösting?
Johan Sigismund von Mösting was a Danish banker and finance minister.
A well-educated man, he studied jurisprudence in Copenhagen and in 1813 became director of the Danish Reichsbank. He subsequently served as Denmark's minister of finance until 1831, president of the Chamber of Finance and Prime Minister of the Danish Kings. In 1838 he served as Director of the King's library.
He helped promote interest in astronomy and was a significant figure in the founding of the scientific journal Astronomische Nachrichten. The Mösting crater on the Moon is named after him.
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