Franz Joseph Hugi
Franz Joseph Hugi (born January 23, 1791 in Grenchen , † March 25, 1855 in Solothurn ) was a Swiss geologist and alpine researcher.
He studied Roman Catholic theology in Landshut , spent some time in Vienna and was ordained a priest in 1819 . Then he became a teacher at the Solothurn orphanage school . In Solothurn he founded the Naturforschende Kantonalgesellschaft, the natural history museum , which he ceded to the city of Solothurn in 1830, and in 1836 also the botanical garden . After he had worked for a while as director of the orphanage and teacher at the Solothurn secondary school , he received the professorship in physics in 1833 and that of natural history at the newly opened canton school in Solothurn in 1833 , but was dismissed in 1837 because he had converted to Protestantism . In 1844 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern .
He developed his theory about glaciers in the writings On the essence of glaciers and winter travel in the Eismeer (Stuttgart 1842) and The glaciers and the erratic blocks (Solothurn 1843).
On August 19, 1828, he tried to climb the Finsteraarhorn together with the two mountain guides Jakob Leuthold and Johann Warus . Together they reached an over 4000 m high gap in the northeast ridge, which today bears his name. He had to stay there because of a foot injury, while his two companions were probably the first to reach the summit.
In 1835 he traveled to part of North Africa, Sicily and Italy for scientific purposes. He shared the results of his observations on the glow of the sea and the movements of the sea in the basics of a general view of nature , the first volume of which is entitled The Earth as an Organism (Solothurn 1841). Otherwise he should mention the natural history trips to the Alps (Solothurn 1830). The Hugihorn , a 3647 m high mountain near the Lauteraarhorn , is named after Hugi . The Hugi Glacier in Grahamland, West Antarctica, also bears his name.
literature
- Wilhelm von Gümbel: Hugi, Franz Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 308 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Joseph Hugi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Luc Lienhard: Hugi, Franz Joseph. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Images and texts from Franz Joseph Hugi's Natural History Alpine Tour can be found in the VIATIMAGES portal .
- Solothurn Nature Museum
- Natural scientist and alpinist
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hugi, Franz Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss geologist and alpine researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around January 23, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grenchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1855 |
| Place of death | Solothurn |