Andreas Bratt

Andreas Bratt (* 1769 in Åsaka parish, Västergötland , † February 27, 1811 ) was a Swedish mathematician and astronomer .

Life

Andreas Bratt, son of the country pastor of the same name in the Diocese of Skara , was taught by his father and private tutors. After a year at high school in Skara , he studied at Uppsala University and received his master's degree in 1789 . He taught astronomy as a private lecturer and later mathematics at Åbo University . In 1801 he went to the University of Greifswald , where he became a full professor of mathematics and physics . In 1804 he was elected rector of the university.

In 1810 he published an extensive paper against the dissolution of the University of Greifswald, which the Swedish government was considering. He explained in detail that this project would not bring any savings and that the city of Greifswald and its surroundings could suffer serious economic damage. Bratt was the first to demonstrate the cultural importance of the university, which goes beyond the borders of Swedish Pomerania . He outlined the great importance of Greifswald for Swedish culture and listed a large number of Swedes who had studied in Greifswald and later held high and highest offices in the church, state and universities of Sweden.

He himself wanted to return to Sweden as a pastor. In 1810, he tried to prove his qualifications in a theological work. His death in 1811 prevented his plan.

Fonts (selection)

Problema geometricum triangulum datum a dato punctum in duas partes aequales secandi. Greifswald 1807.
Dissertation de satifactione Christi vicaria. Greifswald 1810.
About the planned cancellation of the University of Greifswald. Greifswald 1810.

literature

Wilhelm Braun: Vacancy of the librarianship in Greifswald during the French period . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series, vol. 48, von der Ropp, Hamburg 1961, p. 41 f ( digitized version ).
Johann Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten : History of the University of Greifswald with documentary enclosures. Volume 1, Greifswald 1857, p. 315 ( Google books ).

Web links

Literature by and about Andreas Bratt in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Diedrich Hermann Biederstedt : News of the life and writings of neo-Romanian-Rügen scholars from the beginning of the eighteenth century to 1822. Vol. 1, Friedrich Wilhelm Kunike, Greifswald 1824, p. 29.
^ The Rectors of the University 1800–1899 at www.uni-greifswald.de.
^ Dirk Alvermann : Greifswald university reforms 1648–1815. In: Dirk Alvermann, Nils Jörn , Jens E. Olesen : The University of Greifswald in the educational landscape of the Baltic Sea region. LIT Verlag, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0189-2 , p. 102 ( Google books ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Christoph Muhrbeck	Rector of the University of Greifswald 1804	Johann Christoph Ziemssen

personal data
SURNAME	Bratt, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish mathematician and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	1769
PLACE OF BIRTH	Åsaka parish, Västergötland
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 1811
Place of death	uncertain: Greifswald

[DBH-1] Diedrich Hermann Biederstedt : News of the life and writings of neo-Romanian-Rügen scholars from the beginning of the eighteenth century to 1822. Vol. 1, Friedrich Wilhelm Kunike, Greifswald 1824, p. 29.

[2] The Rectors of the University 1800–1899 at www.uni-greifswald.de.

[3] Dirk Alvermann : Greifswald university reforms 1648–1815. In: Dirk Alvermann, Nils Jörn , Jens E. Olesen : The University of Greifswald in the educational landscape of the Baltic Sea region. LIT Verlag, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0189-2 , p. 102 ( Google books ).