Gustav Friedrich Wucherer
Gustav Friedrich Wucherer (born January 24, 1780 in Karlsruhe , † April 5, 1844 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a professor of physics .
Life and family
He attended high school in Karlsruhe under his father, Wilhelm Friedrich Wucherer, who taught mathematics and ancient languages there. From 1799 he studied theology and philosophy (mathematics and physics) in Tübingen. He obtained his degree on May 19, 1802 with the grade of excellence. A troubled time followed with several pastorships in Karlsruhe, Bieberach and Rusheim. On March 18, 1807 he was called to Freiburg as a Protestant city and university pastor. He married three times, all of them were daughters of the Emmendingen church council CBGockel. With his first wife Friedericke Gockel he had ten children from 1806 to 1818, their sister Auguste, whom he married in 1819, died in her first childbed and only the marriage with the third sister in 1821 lasted until his death.
science
As a city and university pastor, he already gave physics lessons in accordance with his inclination and restored the experimental equipment from the secularized monasteries of Salem and St. Blasien. On July 19, he was appointed Full Professor of Physics and Technology.
He remained professor of physics and technology from 1813 to 1823. When it was to be decided at the end of 1816 to close the University of Freiburg in favor of Heidelberg, he traveled with others to the Baden court and, together with Karl von Rotteck, managed to keep both universities stayed. For his commitment to maintaining the University of Freiburg, he was made an honorary citizen of Freiburg on February 13, 1818. He later returned to Karlsruhe to the Polytechnic School he founded, where he was its director from 1825 to 1834. He was thus the first director and co-initiator of what is now the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology . In Freiburg, too, he had set up a polytechnic school "for the education of the people in all classes". In 1834 he returned to his old chair at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . Scientifically, he was a sought-after, recognized expert. He researched the construction of air pumps and lightning rods, so he was called to Karlsruhe by the Grand Ducal War Ministry in 1840 to “get the appropriate items for the lightning rods on the Grand Ducal powder magazines with the help of an artillery officer”. In 1838 he was appointed managing director of the Assembly of German Naturalists and Doctors.
death
In December 1841 he suffered hemiplegia from which he never fully recovered. In 1842 he resigned from the university at his request and died on April 5, 1843.
literature
- Fritz Späth: Famous Scientists - Famous Citizens The granting of honorary citizenship to professors at the Albert Ludwig University in the 19th and 20th centuries. In: Schau-ins-Land: Annual magazine of the Breisgau history association Schauinsland
- Schreiber, Heinrich: Wucherer, Gustav Friedrich memorial speech on Gust. Ms. Wucherer held at the Eternal's academic death ceremony on May 9, 1844 in the University Church of Freiburg
- Rüdiger Von Treskow: Illustrious defender of human rights! - Karl von Rotteck's correspondence (2 volumes) Würzburg, Verlag Ploetz (1990)
- G. Fr. Wucherer: Direction and scope of previous lectures on physics in a wider sense Karlsruhe: Müller 1834
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Usurer, Gustav Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1844 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |