Adolf Beer

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Adolf Beer

Adolf Beer (born February 27, 1831 in Proßnitz in Moravia , † May 7, 1902 in Vienna ) was an Austrian historian.

Life

Adolf Beer began to study history at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin in 1849 . In 1851 he moved to the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . After further semesters at the Charles University in Prague , Beer was able to successfully complete his studies at the University of Vienna in 1853. From February to July 1853 he was supplent for history and German at the kk I. Staatsgymnasium Chernivtsi . Until 1857 he was still a high school teacher in Vienna and Prague .

The University of Großwardein appointed him professor for the history of Austria in the summer of 1857 . In 1858 he was transferred to the Vienna Commercial Academy in the same position . The Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute appointed him to the chair of history in 1868 . Anton von Schmerling brought Beer to the teaching council. In the modernization of the Austrian education system, Beer was involved, among other things, in the revision of the elementary school law (1869) and the reorganization of secondary schools . Appointed Hofrat , he was under Leopold Hasner von Artha and Karl von Stremayr as a ministerial advisor in the Ministry of Culture and Education . He gave up this post when Eduard Taaffe failed in the mayor ministry .

In 1873 Beer was elected to the Reichsrat (Austria) . He represented the constitutional party (Austria) .

With his extensive study trips to Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, London and Paris, Beer created the basis for his extensive knowledge of European education. The results of these trips were published very frequently in the Archive for Austrian History and in Heinrich von Sybels Historischer Zeitschrift . As a historian he was interested in the comprehensive history of Europe, but set a focus with the era of Empress Maria Theresa and her son and successor Joseph II .

Honors

Fonts

  • History of world trade. Vienna 1860–1884. (3 sections in 4 volumes)
  • The progress of teaching in the cultural states of Europe. with Franz Hochegger . Vienna 1867–68. (2 vols.)
  • Notes of Count W. Bentinck about Maria Theresa. Vienna 1871.
  • The first partition of Poland. Vienna 1873. (3 vol.)
  • Joseph II. , Leopold II. And Kaunitz. Your correspondence. Vienna 1873.
  • Friedrich II. And van Swieten. Leipzig 1873.
  • Leopold II., Franz II. And Catherine of Russia. Your correspondence etc. Leipzig 1873.
  • The finances of Austria in the 19th century. Prague 1877.
  • Ten years of Austrian politics 1801-1810. Leipzig 1877.
  • The state budget of Austria-Hungary since 1868. Prague 1881.
  • The oriental politics of Austria since 1774. Prague 1883.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Rudolf Wagner: The establishment and development of the Imperial and Royal Higher School in Chernivtsi . Series of publications by the Landsmannschaft der Buchenlanddeutsche Bukowina, 1986, p. 45.

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personal data
SURNAME Beer, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beer, Adolf Ignaz Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian teacher and university professor for history, member of the Reichsrat
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Proßnitz in Moravia
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1902
Place of death Vienna