Friedrich Benedict Weber

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Friedrich Benedict Weber (born November 11, 1774 in Leipzig , † March 8, 1848 in Breslau ) was a German camera scientist . From 1811 he taught at the new Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau and wrote extensive textbooks and handbooks on agricultural science .

Live and act

Friedrich Benedict Weber studied law and camera science at the University of Leipzig from 1792 to 1796 , then went into agricultural practice for two years and received the Venia legendi for camera science in Leipzig in 1799 . In 1802 he accepted a call as professor for camera sciences at the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt . From there he went on numerous agricultural study trips. From 1811 he taught as full professor for economics and camera sciences at the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, founded after the Peace of Tilsit . In 1825/26 he was its rector . From 1812 to 1847 he was also secretary of the economic (agricultural) section of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture .

Weber is one of the most productive authors in the field of camera sciences. His field of work was primarily the science of agriculture . He wrote a variety of textbooks and manuals on plant cultivation , animal breeding and agricultural economics . His most extensive work is a bibliography of agricultural literature, carefully structured and annotated according to subject area , which appeared in 15 volumes between 1803 and 1842 under the title Handbuch der Oekonomischen Literatur . Weber was also the editor of several agricultural magazines and series of publications. In agricultural historiography, his work has so far been largely ignored.

Major works

  • Handbook of economic literature, or systematic knowledge of German economic writings, which deal with the whole of agriculture and housekeeping as well as the auxiliary and secondary sciences connected with it . 15 volumes. various publishers, Berlin / Breslau / Leipzig 1803–1842.
  • Systematic manual of German agriculture for teaching scientifically educated readers . Dept. 1: Introduction to the study of economics ; Section 2: Introduction to the theory of plant cultivation in general . Züllichau 1804.
  • Theoretical-practical manual of field economics, with special regard to the application of the English types of farming to the German . 2 volumes. Verlag Fleischer and Weygand Leipzig 1807.
  • About the state of agriculture in the Prussian states and their reforms . Verlag Gräff, Leipzig 1808.
  • Textbook of political economy . 2 volumes. Carl Friedrich Barth Publishing House, Breslau 1813.
  • Theoretical-practical manual of the entire forage production . Kummer Verlag, Leipzig 1815.
  • Remarks and notes on various objects of agriculture, collected on economic trips in some areas of Germany in 1811, 1812 and 1813. Verlag Barth, Leipzig 1815.
  • Thoughts, opinions and remarks about hardship and hardship and the complaints of our time. In terms of national and state economics. From an impartial friend of the truth . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1826.
  • About cameral science and cameral studies at universities. In addition to a plan for a cameralistic course at the University of Breslau and the outline of the associated individual lectures themselves . Verlag Kupfer, Breslau 1828.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Weber, Friedrich Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German camera scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1848
Place of death Wroclaw