Benno Ganser

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Benno Ganser OSB (born November 15, 1728 in Munich , † August 5, 1778 in Oberaltaich ) was a German Roman Catholic monk , theologian and naturalist .

Life

After graduating, he entered the Benedictine Abbey in Oberaltaich , where he dealt with theology and natural history. In 1761 he received a silver medal from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and was accepted there. For his treatise on the use of peat soil , Ganser received another silver medal from the Academy.

In 1763 he became professor of philosophy in Salzburg . After three years he returned to Oberaltaich Abbey, where he taught theology. He died there on August 5, 1778 at the age of 49.

Publications (selection)

  • 1757 Castrum doloris piissimo funeri abbatis Dominici erectum,
  • 1758: Systema S. patris Augustini de divina gratia actuali abbreviatum et eiusdem continuatio
  • 1759: Auctoritas Romani pontificis a calumniis D. Huthii, professoris Erlangensis, vindicata
  • 1760: Doctrinae ex universa theologia per modum syst. Theolog.
  • Discussion of the use of peat soil and the mossy grounds; in the treatises of the kurbaier. Academy of Sciences B. III. Abth. 2. pp. 213-246.
  • 1766: Treatise on the use of peat soil and the mossy reasons, in the true means to put the kk hereditary lands in a florissant state, 4, Nuremberg.
  • 1764: Cogitationis humanae naturalis rat. principia et genes. ord. perfect. et defect. adiumenta from auctoritate etc. Salisburgi
  • 1765: Cogitat. hum. subiectum, seu mentis humanae obiectum primarium, seu Deus.
  • 1765: Observationes botanicae circa nutritionem et anatomiam plantarum, 4. Salisb. .
  • 1765: Observationes mineralogicae circa genesin minerarum et metallorum, 4. Salisb.
  • 1766: Minister sacramenti matrimonii, 4th Straub.
  • 1766: Varii status mentis humanae, dispute. finali subiecti, unacum epistola de statu mentis separatae a corpore suo a se iam anno 1762 ad nobilem Danum data, qui in novellis Erlangesibus anno 1762 n.15 sibi explicari petiit, an talis anima adhuc libera, activa et cogitativa sit, 4th Straub.

Web links

  • Ganser, Benno , Baader, Scholars Baiern, 1804, Personenlexika.digitale-sammlungen.de
  • Ganser, Benno in Johann Georg Meusel: Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800, Volume 4, G. Fleischer, the Younger, 1804
personal data
SURNAME Ganser, Benno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1778
Place of death Oberaltaich