Adolf Müller (Jesuit)
Adolf Müller (born March 6, 1853 in Paffendorf , North Rhine-Westphalia , † September 12, 1939 in Essen ) was a German astronomer , mathematician and missionary .
Live and act
Adolf Müller studied from 1871 to 1879 on behalf of the Diocese of Cologne at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome . There he received his doctorate in philosophy and theology . Probably in Rome he was ordained a priest in 1877 . On October 10, 1879, he joined the Society of Jesus in Exaten (in the Dutch province of Limburg ) . Since he had already obtained his doctorate and was a priest, his novitiate consisted of a year of self-study in Wijnadsrade . He then worked in Blijenbeek from 1881 to 1882 . From 1882 to 1885 Müller studied astronomy in Kalocsa , Blijenbeek and Stonyhurst .
In 1886 Müller was sent to India as a papal legate . From 1887 to 1891 he headed the seminary in Bombay . On February 2, 1891, he was appointed professor of theology and mathematics . He taught briefly in Pune and became a minister and catechist of St. Mary College Bombay .
In 1894 Müller returned to Rome. There he taught astronomy and occasionally mathematics and geology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and was also director of the Vatican Observatory . On September 29, 1909, Müller was appointed rector of the Collegium Germanicum . After the outbreak of the First World War he was forced to leave Rome and end his academic career. Müller wrote articles for various magazines, especially for the Voices from Maria-Laach . He spent the rest of his life in pastoral care: from 1914 to 1918 in Feldkirch , Austria , from 1918 to 1919 in Düsseldorf , from 1919 to 1922 and again from 1927 to 1931 in Trier , from 1922 to 1927 in Luxembourg , from 1931 to 1933 in Dortmund and from 1933 to 1938 Bad Godesberg .
Fonts (selection)
- Nikolaus Copernicus, the old master of modern astronomy . Herder, Freiburg im Bresgau 1898.
- Johann Kepler, the legislator of modern astronomy . Herder, Freiburg im Bresgau 1903.
- Elementi di astronomia ad uso delle scuole e per istruzione privata . Rome 1904.
- Elementi di astronomia. Astrofisica. Astrocronaca . Rome 1906.
- Galileo Galilei and the Copernican world system . Herder, Freiburg im Bresgau 1909.
- The Galileo Trial (1632–1633) by origin, course and consequences . Herder, Freiburg im Bresgau 1909.
- Sequere Jesus . Regensburg 1920.
literature
- Charles E. O'Neill, Joaquín María Domínguez (ed.): Diccionario histórico de la compañía de Jesús: Biográfico-temático . Volume 3, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid 2001, ISBN 84-8468-036-3 , p. 2764.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious, astronomer, mathematician and missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paffendorf , North Rhine-Westphalia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1939 |
| Place of death | eat |