Johann Ernst Basilius Wiedeburg

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Johann Ernst Basilius Wiedeburg

Johann Ernst Basilius Wiedeburg (born June 24, 1733 in Jena ; † January 1, 1789 ibid) was a German chamber councilor , physicist , astronomer and from 1760 professor of mathematics in Erlangen and Jena.

Life

Johann Ernst Basilius was the son of the Jena mathematics professor Johann Bernhard Wiedeburg . He studied at the University of Jena and from 1753 at the University of Erlangen . In Erlangen he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy in 1753. In 1754, at his suggestion, a branch of the German Society was founded in Erlangen , which later expanded to become the “Institute of Morals and Fine Sciences”, a literary society to which numerous students and professors at the university belonged until the end of the 18th century. Wiedeburg was the first "oldest" of the "German Society" in Erlangen. In 1756 he became a university librarian, in 1757 an associate professor at the philosophical faculty and in 1759 a full professor of philosophy at the Erlangen University.

In 1760 he took on an extraordinary professorship in mathematics at the Jenaer Salana, in 1761 was a full professor of mathematics and, after the death of his father, became a full professor of mathematics at the Jena University. In 1770 he received the title of Chamber Councilor of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . In astronomy, Wiedeburg mainly dealt with constellations , the phenomenon of the northern lights and sunspots . In 1784 an observatory was set up in the Fuchsturm in Jena for Wiedeburg . Wiedeburg also took part in the organizational tasks of the Salana. He was dean of the philosophical faculty several times and rector of the alma mater in the summer semesters of 1766, 1774 and 1783 .

Works (selection)

  • Dissertatio inavguralis de microscopio solari et praesertim nova aliqva. Erlangen 1755 (Resp. Leurentius Johannes Jacob Lange, online )
  • Dissertatio Philosophico Astronomica De Motu Terrae Et Phaenomenis Inde Oriundis. Erlangen 1756 (Resp.Johann Gerhard Theodor Scheler, online )
  • Dissertatio Astronomica secunda de motibus Lunae et Phaenomenis inde oriundis. Erlangen 1757 (Resp.Georg Friedrich Seiler, online )
  • Dissertatio Astronomica Tertia continens partem alteram dissertationis de Motibus Lunae et Phaenomensis inde oriundis. Erlangen 1757, (Resp. Daniel Cornides, online )
  • Elementa arithmeticae speciosae. Erlangen 1757 (Resp.Peter Posselt, online )
  • Dissertatio astronomica tertia continens partem alteram dissertationis de Motibus Lunae et Phaenomensis inde oriundis. Erlangen 1757 (Resp. Daniel Cornides, online )
  • Speak at the high prince's wedding ceremony. Saxony Hildburghausen and Saxony Weimar most noble bride and groom held in German society at Erlangen. Erlangen 1758 ( online )
  • Propositiones aliquot, artem oratoriam spectantes. Erlangen 1758 (Resp. Friedrich Laurentius Haspel, online )
  • Description of an improved solar microscope. Nuremberg 1758 ( online )
  • De caussis diluvii physicis. Erlangen 1759 ( online )
  • Transitvm Veneris Per Solem Rarissimvm Coeli Spectacvlvm Semel Hactenvs Ab OC visum quod Anno proximo MDCCLXI. d. VI Juniii boris matutinis denuo sui copiam faciet. Jena 1759 ( online )
  • Sex this, intra qvos opvs creationis graduation, qvales fverint? Erlangen 1759 (Resp.Johann Georg Heinrich Feder, online )
  • De caussis diluvii physicis Disserit. Erlangen 1759 ( online )
  • Brief mathematics for those who rely on jurisprudence, cameral science and economics. Jena 1761, ( online )
  • Is it to be hoped that there will be such a great improvement in the tele-tubes that one can thereby see inhabitants in the planets, if there were such, clearly enough? Jena 1762 ( online )
  • Columba Noachica Typus Spiritus Sancti Ad Sacra Pentecostes Pie Celebranda. Jena 1766 ( online )
  • Columba Noachica Typus Spiritus Sancti Ad Sacra Pentecostes Pie Celebranda in Academia Jenensi, proposita Commentatio sexta. Jena 1768 ( online )
  • Observations and speculations about the Northern Lights , Jena, 1770
  • To get to know about the constellations and the tools. Jena 1770
  • Introduction to the physical-mathematical cosmology, it contains an excerpt from the general theory of nature, the non-profit astronomy and the description of the earth. Gotha 1776 ( online )
  • New guesses about the sunspot comets and the first history of the earth. Gotha 1776 ( online )
  • Doctrine of nature and greatness in their application, to justify the holy scriptures, against doubts allegedly based in these sciences. Nuremberg 1782 ( online )
  • Short message from the ancient so-called Fuchs-Thurn near Jena and the facilities that were built there in 1784. Jena 1784 ( online )
  • About the earthquakes and general fog of 1783 . Jena, 1784
  • More detailed policey suggestions on temporary arrangements and rescue resources for feared earthquakes. Jena 1784 ( online )
  • Description of the city of Jena according to its topographical, political and academic constitution. Jena 1785 ( online )
  • Mathematics for doctors. Jena 1792 ( online )
  • Topographical description of the city of Jena including its political and academic constitution. Weimar 1795 ( online )

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SURNAME Wiedeburg, Johann Ernst Basilius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiedeburg, Johann Ernst Basileus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chamber councilor , physicist , astronomer and (from 1760) professor of mathematics in Erlangen and Jena
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH Jena
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1789
Place of death Jena