Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka

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Franz Ign. Cassian Halaschka (from the "History of Austrian Education" , Vienna 1905)

Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka (Czech František Ignác Kassián Halaška ; born July 10, 1780 in Bautsch , † July 12, 1847 in Prague ) was a Moravian naturalist, mathematician, physicist and astronomer.

Life

In 1799 he joined the Piarists in Lipník, Moravia . From 1801 to 1803 he taught at high schools in Strassnitz , Mikulov and Kroměříž , at the same time he studied in Stará Voda, Strážnice and Kroměříž. In 1807 he completed his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Vienna . In 1808 Hallaschka was appointed high school professor of mathematics and philosophy in Mikulov, shortly afterwards he went to Brno . Here he built an observatory and equipped it with the necessary instruments. In 1814 he went to Prague and taught physics at the University of Prague until 1832 .

He met many European researchers such as Alexander von Humboldt and Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel and worked on joint projects in England and Prussia . In 1823 he became a member of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences . In 1832 he was appointed dean and later rector of Charles University. In 1834 he was appointed rector of the University of Vienna and member of the government council of the court commission for studies in Vienna. With his help, Brno and Prague received new physics cabinets. In 1838 Hallaschka was appointed provincial prelate of Bohemia and provost of Altbunzlau, and in 1844 he was court councilor in Vienna.

Works

He mainly devoted himself to astronomical , meteorological , trigonometric and geological observations. In 1811 he calculated all solar eclipses from 1813 to 1860. He was the author of 27 physical and scientific works.

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SURNAME Hallaschka, Franz Ignatz Cassian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Halaška, František Ignác Kassián
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moravian naturalist, mathematician, physicist and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Budišov
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1847
Place of death Prague