Friedrich Amadeus Sigmund von May

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Friedrich Amadeus Sigmund von May (von Rued) (born December 12, 1801 in Schlossrued , Canton Aargau , † September 26, 1883 in Bern ) was a Swiss private scholar , lord of the castle and author .

life and work

May came from the old Bernese patrician family May von Rued and was the youngest son of Carl Friedrich Rudolf May and Margarethe († 1843), the only daughter of the last mayor of Bern, Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger . One of May's brothers died as a teenager, another brother in the Goldau landslide . Until he was thirteen, May lived with his three sisters in Schlossrued, where his father worked as the chief magistrate of the Kulm district . May was tutored by a private tutor and raised religiously by his mother. May studied political science at the University of Göttingen and then traveled through Austria , Hungary , Bohemia , Saxony , France and England , where he familiarized himself with their respective laws and constitutions.

May married his cousin Julie von May in 1827 and lived with her at Schloss Rued . Their only daughter was Esther (1840–1899). She married Hans von Hallwyl , who, as a result of the founding crisis, also led Schloss Rued into financial ruin.

As a result of the regeneration , May had to give up his hope of a job in the civil service. May began to study the Bible and published numerous religious and legal works. His wife served him as a secretary. In 1838 his father handed over the Rued property to him, which forced May to deal with practical life.

May fell ill in 1840 and was sent to Italy for a cure by his doctor , where he successfully received homeopathic treatment. After his return he continued to study homeopathy and began treating the sick. May also conducted astronomical studies and set up a small observatory in the castle for this purpose. He traveled to Algeria with his wife and daughter in 1857 , but had to end the trip prematurely because of his poor health.

Since May no longer got along with his son-in-law, May left Rued Castle in 1877 and lived in a small country house near Bern until his death. At his express request, May was buried like his family members in the churchyard of Schlossrued.

literature

  • Ernst Fischer: Friedrich Amadeus Sigmund von May (1801-1883). In: Argovia , annual journal of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau, Vol. 68–69, 1958, pp. 516–517 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Talkirche Rued. Grave of Friedrich Amadeus Sigmund from May.Retrieved on August 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME May, Friedrich Amadeus Sigmund von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss private scholar, lord of the castle and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlossrued , Canton of Aargau
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1883
Place of death Bern