Gabriel Knogler

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Gabriel Knogler (born January 1, 1759 in Pfaffenhofen adIlm ; † March 5, 1838 in Wemding ; actually Johann Franziskus Regis ) was a Bavarian Benedictine monk , natural scientist and politician.

Life

Knogler graduated from the (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich in 1776 and immediately afterwards began the novitiate in the Benedictine monastery in Scheyern , where he made his profession in 1777 . He studied philosophy and theology in the monastery and was ordained a priest in 1783. In the same year, his monastery sent him to the University of Ingolstadt to continue his studies, but his stay there was only short, as he was needed for the higher education institutions taken over by the Benedictines.

After various teaching activities at grammar schools and high schools in Freising , Amberg and Neuburg adDonau , Knogler moved in 1794 to become a professor of mathematics at the University of Ingolstadt . From 1798 he also taught physics and took over the management of the university's observatory and the meteorological observatory. Finally he held the post of rector from 1798 to 1799. In 1802 he published the first German meteorological textbook under the title Die Meteorologie .

From 1805 Knogler worked as a pastor in the parish of Schatzhofen , from 1806 in Ingolstadt and finally from 1809 in Wemding. In 1808 the Bavarian Academy of Sciences appointed him a corresponding member (mathematical-physical class). From 1826 to 1829 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Bavarian State Parliament , he was temporarily represented by Andreas Schellhorn .

Works

  • Elements of applied mathematics , Ingolstadt 1796.
  • Meteorology designed for use in his lectures , Landshut 1802-
  • Outline of the history of Wemding , Neuburg 1831.

literature

  • Biographical Lexicon of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich , Part 1: Ingolstadt-Landshut 1472–1826; Berlin 1998, p. 221 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 152.
  2. ↑ Geist und Gestalt, Biogr. Contributions z. Business d. Bayer. Akad. D. Knowledge , Vol. 4.1, Munich 1963.
personal data
SURNAME Knogler, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Regis, Johann Franziskus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian Benedictine monk, natural scientist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Pfaffenhofen adIlm
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1838
Place of death Wemding