Gustav Adolf von Greisinger

Gustav Adolf von Greisinger (born August 27, 1793 in Brno , † September 21, 1868 in Mödling ) was an Imperial Austrian major general , professor and mathematician .

Life

Grave of GA Greisinger

Born in Brno on August 27, 1793, Gustav Adolf Greisinger entered the engineering academy in 1809 . In 1813 he was accepted into the 3rd Dragoon Regiment (from 1867 Dragoon Regiment No. 11) and took part in the campaign against France from 1814 to 1815. Greisinger also accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to Elba in 1814 .

Since 1815 member of the engineering corps, he took part in the campaign against the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1821 and worked from 1827 to 1853 as a professor of mathematics at the engineering academy. In this position, Greisinger wrote the highly regarded "Textbook of pure mathematics for teaching the pupils of the Imperial and Royal Engineering Academy" in 1841. In 1852 Greisinger was appointed major general and study inspector.

In recognition of his services, he was knighted in the same year. After being assigned to the General Directorate of Genius in 1853 , Greisinger retired in 1856. He died on September 21, 1868 in Mödling.

His grave is in the area of ​​the honorary graves in the Vienna Central Cemetery .

family

As the son of a wholesaler, Gustav Adolf von Greisinger grew up in a middle-class family. He was married to Wilhelmine Barbara Theresia Vogel (1811–1885), a half-sister of the Austrian writer Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850).

Her daughter, Maria von Greisinger (1835–1914), married the Austrian architect and professor Carl Wilhelm von Doderer (1825–1900). Their grandson, Greisinger's great-grandson, was the well-known Austrian writer Heimito von Doderer .

literature

• Greisinger Gustav Adolf von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 57 f. (Direct links on p. 57 , p. 58 ).

Web links

• Entry on Gustav Adolf von Greisinger in the culture database South Moravia