Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi
Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi (sometimes also Friedrich Gottlieb ; born February 13, 1757 in Dürrbach , Oberlausitz, † July 4, 1814 in Leipzig ) was a German writer and economist .
Life
Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi was born in the Sorbian farming village of Dürrbach on February 13, 1757 as the son of the economic administrator Friedrich Gotthelf Leonhardi, who looked after the economy of the von Metzradian estate in Dürrbach.
At the age of 18, Leonhardi attended grammar school in Bautzen from 1775 to 1778 , then studied philosophy and economics at the University of Wittenberg until 1781 and at the University of Leipzig for another year . He then worked as a private tutor in Leipzig for six years before he received his master's degree at the University of Jena in 1788 and gave several lectures on economics and related sciences.
After an educational trip through Franconia, the Palatinate and along the left bank of the Rhine, Leonhardi returned to the University of Leipzig and completed his habilitation there on April 14, 1790 with the thesis Symbolae ad Historiam Agriculturae veterum Germanorum Specimen primum . He then taught economics at the Philosophical Faculty and was there from December 8, 1792 until his death in 1814 full professor of economics, police and camera science.
Leonhardi was since September 13, 1805 a member of the great prince's college and since December 4, 1805 also a member of the permanent council. He was a corresponding member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , an honorary member of the Herzoglich Sächsische Gothaischen Societät der Forst- und Jagdkunde zu Waltershausen and an honorary member of the Ökonomische Societät zu Leipzig.
Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi died at the age of 57 on July 4th 1814 in Leipzig in the evening while going for a walk.
Works
- Pictorial representation of all known peoples according to their costumes, customs, habits and with description from the best English, French and Italian. Works , 24 booklets. Leipzig 1798
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Earth description of the Electoral and Ducal Saxon Lands , 4 volumes
- Description of the earth of the electoral and ducal Saxon Saxon lands , by Joh. Phil. Haugs widow, Leipzig 1788 digitized
- Earth description of the Electoral and Ducal Saxon Saxon Lands , 1st volume, 3rd edition, by Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1802 digitized
- Earth description of the electoral and ducal Saxon lands , 3rd volume, 3rd edition, by Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1804 digitized
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Earth description of the Prussian monarchy , 5 volumes
- Volume 3, part 1, Hemmerde and Schwetschke, Halle 1792 ( e-copy ).
- Description of the earth of the Franconian principalities of Bayreuth and Ansbach
- The garden partner
- Magazine for Hunting and Forestry (Editing)
- New dictionary of forest and hunting science
literature
- Gottlieb Friedrich Otto (Ed.): Lexicon of the Upper Lusatian writers and artists who have died and are still alive since the fifteenth century . tape 2 , 1803.
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholarly lexicon. Continuations and additions by Johann Christoph Adelung . Vol. 4, 1813.
- Hamberger / Meusel: The learned Germany. 5th edition, Vol. 18, 1821.
Web links
- Works by and about Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi in the German Digital Library
- Literature by and about Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Prof. Dr. phil. Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leonhardi, Friedrich Gottlob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leonhardi, Friedrich Gottlieb (lexical misstatement) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dürrbach , Upper Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1814 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |