Christian August Langguth
Christian August Langguth (born December 26, 1754 in Wittenberg , † February 9, 1814 in Wittenberg) was a German physician and physicist.
Life
Born as the son of the Wittenberg medical professor Georg August Langguth , he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg on October 11, 1757 and switched to the University of Leipzig on May 27, 1778 . Returning to Wittenberg, he acquired the degree of master's degree on April 30, 1779, and received his doctorate on April 22, 1779 as a doctor of medicine. From October 12, 1781, he taught as an associate professor for obstetrics, particularly natural history and the art of childbirth. In 1790 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
However, since the planned institute for obstetrics was not going anywhere, he switched to the philosophical faculty as an adjunct on May 29, 1797 . After the death of Johann Daniel Titius , he took over the full professorship of physics on May 3, 1797 by the electoral directive and retained his additional medical professorship. In his lectures he dealt with physical geography and above all natural history.
Through inheritance, he came to his father's collection, which he diligently increased and found a very useful entry into reading lessons as Langguth collections. In 1812 these collections were bought up for the university by the elector and he was granted use of the collection for life. Langguth persevered in Wittenberg in the storms of 1813 and was killed by typhus the following year.
family
Langguth was married to Christina Charlotte Clauswitz († February 28, 1792 in Wittenberg), who died as a result of childbirth. Three sons and three daughters are known from his marriage. We know of these:
- Gottlob August (born October 21, 1782 in Wittenberg; † October 23, 1782 there)
- Elisabeth Concordia (born December 24, 1783 in Wittenberg)
- Carl Rudolf August (born January 22, 1786 in Wittenberg; † April 1, 1786 ibid)
- Christiane Auguste (born June 26, 1787 in Wittenberg)
- Georg Christian (born January 22, 1790 in Wittenberg)
- Dorothea Charlotte (born February 27, 1792 in Wittenberg; † August 17, 1811 ibid)
literature
- Nikolaus Müller: The finds in the tower knobs of the town church in Wittenberg, Magdeburg Evangelische Buchhandlung Ernst Holtermann, 1912
- Matriculation of the University of Wittenberg
- Walter Friedensburg "History of the University of Wittenberg" Verlag Max Niemeyer Halle (Saale) 1917
- Heinz Kathe : The Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty 1502–1817 (= Central German Research. Volume 117). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-412-04402-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Wittenberg church records
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langguth, Christian August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician, physicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wittenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1814 |
| Place of death | Wittenberg |