Bede Thum

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Beda Thum OSB , born as Kuno Thum , (born December 11, 1901 in Regensburg ; † August 2, 2000 in Schweiklberg ) was a monk of the Benedictine Abbey of Metten and professor of philosophy in Salzburg and Vienna .

biography

After graduating from secondary school in Regensburg, Kuno Thum studied mathematics, philosophy and Catholic theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1922 he entered the Benedictine monastery in Metten and received the religious name Beda when he was professed . He then continued his studies in mathematics and physics at the University of Würzburg , which he completed with a doctorate in mathematics. After only a brief activity as a teacher at the grammar school in Metten, he was appointed professor of philosophy at the Benedictine University of Sant'Anselmo in Rome in 1939 . In 1950 he took on a teaching position at the Catholic Theological Faculty in Salzburg. In 1962 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna , where he worked until his retirement in 1972.

Works (selection)

  • Solution of boundary value problems in heat theory and potential theory through series expansion and integral representations , in: Journal for pure and applied mathematics. Vol. 168/2 (1932) 65-90 (Würzburg, Phil. Diss., 1929).
  • with Albert Auer: Weltbild und Metaphysik , Munich a. a. 1958.
  • Symphilosophy. Collected studies by Beda Thum, on the occasion of his 80th birthday , ed. by Ulrich Faust, Salzburg 1981.

Web links

literature

  • Stephan Haering, The printed writings of Beda Kuno Thum , in: Alt und Jung Metten Jg. 68 (2001/02), Heft 1, 31–46.
  • Maternus Hoegen: Article Thum, Beda ; in: LThK 3 10, Sp. 15 (2001)
  • Michael Kaufmann, Memento mori. In memory of the deceased conventuals of the Benedictine abbey of Metten since the rebuilding in 1830 (history of the development of the Benedictine abbey of Metten, Part V), Metten 2008, 478f.
  • Werner Strombach, The natural philosophy of Pater Beda Thums - a memory on the occasion of his 100th birthday , in: Alt und Jung Metten Jg. 68 (2001/02), Issue 1, 20-30.
personal data
SURNAME Thum, Bede
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thum, Kuno (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, Benedictine and professor of philosophy in Salzburg and Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 2000
Place of death Schweiklberg