Andreas Stütz
Andreas Xaver Stütz OSA , also Andreas Stitz (born August 22, 1747 in Vienna ; † February 12, 1806 , other date February 11, 1806 there) was an Austrian geologist .
Life
Andreas Stütz joined the Augustinian Canons of St. Dorothea in Vienna in 1764 and was dressed on May 31, 1764; on May 31, 1765 he took his vows and on July 20, 1770 with Canon Franz Neumann (1744-1816) defended several sentences from the theological sciences; on September 29, 1771 he had his primacy .
On April 1, 1778 his appointment was made for holiday preacher in his pen and on November 3, 1778, he received at the Realkademie professorship of natural history , geography and mechanics . He later came to the Hof-Naturalien-Cabinet , where he became a director's adjunct in 1785 , second director in 1797 and sole director in 1802 after the death of Baron Johann Ludwig Baillou (1731–1802).
In addition to his publications , he also published essays in Ignaz von Born's Physical Work of the Unified Friends in Vienna , including a description of the zooliths kept in the kk Naturalien-Cabinet in 1785 and a description of the chalcedons in the kk Naturalien-Cabinet and in those of Ignaz von Born and in 1787 Bergbaukunde published by Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Trebra in 1787, the essay on some stones that allegedly fell from the sky .
He was friends with the numismatist Joseph Hilarius Eckhel , who is seen as the founder of numismatics as a science .
Karl Franz Anton von Schreibers was his successor as director of the kk Hof-Naturalien-Cabinete .
honors and awards
Andreas Stütz was awarded the title of Imperial Councilor in 1797 .
Memberships
Andreas Stütz was accepted into the Freemason's lodge Zur True Eintracht , founded in 1781 and chaired by Ignaz von Born.
Fonts (selection)
- Experiments on the mineral history of Austria under the Enns . Vienna 1783.
- New establishment of the Imperial and Royal Natural History Collection in Vienna . Vienna 1793.
- Physical and mineralogical description of the gold and silver mine at Szekerembe . Vienna 1802.
- Johann Georg Megerle von Mühlfeld (Ed.): Mineralogical pocket book, containing an oryctography of Lower Austria, for the use of traveling mineralogists . Vienna and Trieste 1807.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Stütz, Andreas . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 40th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1880, p. 182 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Andreas Stütz . In: Samuel Baur : New historical-biographical-literary concise dictionary from the creation of the world to the end of the eighteenth century . Ulm 1816.
Web links
- Andreas Stütz . In: Digital portrait index .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Real Academy - Vienna History Wiki. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Ignaz von Born: Physical work of the friendly friends in Vienna. 1785, accessed August 3, 2020 .
- ^ Georg Joachim Goeschen (ed.): Mining studies . Second volume. Leipzig 1790, About some stones that allegedly fell from the sky, p. 398 (English, online [accessed August 13, 2020]).
- ^ Elisabeth Hassmann: Yearbook of the Art History Museum Vienna. Volume 15/16: Sources and registers on the treasury, picture gallery and the three cabinets from the archives of the kk Oberstkämmereramt. 1777 to 1787 with an addendum for the years 1748 to 1776 . Böhlau Verlag Vienna, 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-79622-0 ( google.de [accessed on August 4, 2020]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Support, Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stitz, Andreas; Stütz, Andreas Xaver; Support, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mineralogist and geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1747 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1806 |
| Place of death | Vienna |