Franz Hermann Hegewisch
Franz Hermann Hegewisch (born November 13, 1783 in Kiel ; † May 27, 1865 ibid) was a German university professor and liberal Schleswig-Holstein doctor who translated the main work of Thomas Robert Malthus and supported Uwe Jens Lornsen .
Life
Hegewisch, son of the Kiel history professor Dietrich Hermann Hegewisch , attended the Latin school in Eutin under Johann Heinrich Voss , studied medicine in Kiel , Göttingen and Würzburg , where he heard Schelling , and received his doctorate in 1805 in Göttingen. He visited the hospitals in Vienna, Paris and London. His stay in England politicized him, and from then on the English constitution seemed to him the best possible. He translated Malthus' "Essay on the Principle of Population" into German, became Friedrich Karl Reventlow's family doctor and was associated with the Emkendorfer Kreis . In 1809 he became associate professor in Kiel, participated with his brother-in-law Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann , with Nikolaus Falck and Carl Theodor Welcker in the publication of the "Kieler Blätter" and at the same time led a successful practice in the Friedrichshospital, to which he mainly devoted himself from 1810 to 1833 . Hegewisch was familiar with Peter Plett's reports of his discovery of the cowpox vaccination and campaigned for their recognition.
In 1830, Hegewisch and Wilhelm Beseler belonged to the circle of friends who encouraged Uwe Jens Lornsen to publish his work “On the constitution in Schleswigholstein”. Hegewisch also supported Lornsen materially in his exile in Brazil and in 1838 was the author of the obituary, which was decisive for the Lornsen cult. He refused to be elected to the Schleswig-Holstein Provincial Assembly because he lacked the “flexibility of the mind” to see Danish provinces in Schleswig and Holstein. In the 1840s, Franz Hermann Hegewisch became the ardent propagator of the Kiel-Altona Railway , which was able to start operating in 1844.
Franz Hermann Hegewisch was married to Caroline von Linstow (1786-1856), who came from aristocratic circles. They had two daughters together: Charlotte Friederike Dorothea Hegewisch, or Lotte Hegewisch for short (1822 to 1903) and Leonore Hegewisch.
His tomb is in the Eichhof park cemetery near Kiel. Since 1860 he was a member of the Leopoldina .
Works
- Thomas Robert Malthus: Attempt on the conditions and consequences of population increase. Altona: JF Hammerich 1807. With notes and an afterword by the translator Franz Hermann Hegewisch.
- (under the pseudonym Franz Baltisch): From political freedom . 1832
- (under the pseudonym Franz Baltisch): Property and childbirth, main source of happiness and unhappiness in the world . 1846
literature
- Carsten Erich Carstens : Franz Hermann Hegewisch . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 279-281.
- Franz Hermann Hegewisch in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck, Volume 5, pp. 120 ff.
- Wilhelm Klüver : Franz Hermann Hegewisch . In: Nordelbingen 4, 1925, pp. 368-466.
- Uwe Jens Lornsen: Letters to Franz Hermann Hegewisch . Edited by Bolquart Pauls. Schleswig: J. Bergas 1925
- Heinz Röhrich: Hegewisch, Franz Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 231 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Hermann Hegewisch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Franz Hermann Hegewisch in the German Digital Library
- Hegewisch and the Kiel-Altona rail link
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hegewisch, Franz Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baltic, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor, author and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1783 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1865 |
| Place of death | Kiel |