Christian Gruber (geographer)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Johann Christian Gruber (born December 14, 1858 in Wassertrüdingen , † June 10, 1906 in Munich ) was a German teacher and geographer .

Life

Christian Gruber attended the preparatory school in Wassertrüdingen and was appointed to the primary schools in Munich in 1878 after passing the teachers' seminar in Schwabach. From 1878 to 1885 he studied at the Technical University of Munich . In 1880 he was awarded the first prize of the university for his work on the geographic prize question “ The Isar between the Loisach and Amperein confluence ”. In 1881 he passed the state examination for teaching German language, history and geography. After a temporary break to learn Greek and Latin and to write scientific publications, he returned to the school service and was employed on March 1, 1887 as main teacher and class professor at the municipal business school in Munich. In 1887, with his dissertation “ About the source area and the formation of the Isar ” at the University of Leipzig, he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD .

Christian Gruber is best known for his writings on economic geography, some of which had several editions and were revised by Hans Reinlein after his death.

Christian Gruber was a member of the Bavarian Botanical Society and on June 18, 1894 was elected a member ( registration number 3037 ) of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .

Fonts

  • The Isarthal between the Loisach and Amper confluence . In: Annual report of the Geographical Society in Munich, 6, Munich 1880, pp. 107-140
  • The Munich basin. A contribution to the physical geography of southern Bavaria . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1885 ( digitized version )
  • About the headwaters and the formation of the Isar. Orographic and hydrological studies from the middle Karwendel . Inaugural dissertation of the high philosophical faculty in Leipzig to obtain a doctorate, Straub, Munich 1887 ( digitized version )
  • The development of geographical teaching methods in the XVIII. and XIX. Century . Oldenbourg, Munich and Leipzig 1900 ( digitized )
  • German economic life. Described on a geographical basis . Teubner, Leipzig 1902 ( digitized version )
  • with Hans Reinlein: German economic life. Described on a geographical basis . 2nd edition, revised by Hans Reinlein, Teubner, Leipzig 1907 ( digitized version )
  • with Hans Reinlein: Economic geography with detailed consideration of Germany . 2nd edition, revised by Hans Reinlein, Teubner, Leipzig 1908 ( digitized version )

literature

  • Vita. Johann Christian Gruber . In: Christian Gruber: About the headwaters and the formation of the Isar. Orographic and hydrological studies from the middle Karwendel . Inaugural dissertation of the high philosophical faculty in Leipzig to obtain a doctorate, Straub, Munich 1887 ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members 1891 of the Bavarian Botanical Society, p. VIII
  2. ↑ Carl Hermann Knoblauch (Ed.): Leopoldina . Official organ of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists. 30. Issue. In commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1894, p. 93 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Gruber, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruber, Johann Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and geographer
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Wassertrüdingen
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1906
Place of death Munich