Joseph von Hauer

Joseph von Hauer, son of Karl Josef von Hauer, member of the Austrian Imperial War Council, studied law until 1798 at the University of Vienna.

After 1807 he worked at the Imperial Finance Bureau in Vienna, serving as its vice-chairman from 1831 until his retirement in 1848.

In 1809 he was involved in the relocation of archival and artistic materials, including the Imperial "Cabinet of Curiosities" (Naturalienkabinett), from Vienna to Hungary to escape the French.

In 1810 he traveled with Karl Chotek of Chotków to France to survey economic and political conditions there for the imperial government.

In 1811 he became a member of the commission for the elimination of banknotes, and in 1816 he was involved in the regulation of the coinage.