Jacob Reineggs
Jacob Reineggs (born November 28, 1744 in Eisleben , † April 7, 1793 in Saint Petersburg ) originally Christian Rudolf Ehlich , was a German adventurer and diplomat of the 18th century.
Life
Reineggs, who came from Saxony , had many different professions in his youth. He was a bader in Leipzig , an actor in Vienna , a doctor in Hungary and a naturalist in Poland . He later traveled to Turkey and on to Georgia , where he gained the trust of King Irakli II , who made Reineggs his court doctor. In 1782 he moved to Saint Petersburg , where he became one of the confidants of Prince Potjomkin . He took part in some Russian diplomatic missions in the Caucasus , where he played a not insignificant role in the signing of the Treaty of Georgievsk of 1783. At the end of his life he was a councilor, director of the surgical school and secretary of the medical council. In 1786 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . On January 5, 1792 he was nicknamed Jason VI. elected as a member (matriculation no. 941) of the Leopoldina .
Works
One of his most famous works is the "General Historical-Topographical Description of the Caucasus".
literature
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 239 (archive.org)
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Reineggs, Jacob . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 25th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1873, pp. 200–202 ( digitized version ).
- Heinrich Schipperges : Jacob Reineggs (1744-1794): doctor, orientalist and adventurer. In: Wilhelm Hoenerbach (Ed.): The Orient in Research: Festschrift for Otto Spies on April 5, 1966 . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1967, pp. 586-597.
- Строев А. «Те, кто поправляет Фортуну». Авантюристы Просвещения. М .: Новое литературное обозрение, 1998. - ISBN 5-86793-036-X - С. 294-295.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jacob Reineggs in the catalog of the German National Library
- General historical-topographical description of the Caucasus on books.google.com
- Entry in the German biography about Reineggs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 199.
- ↑ Allgemeine Literaturzeitu… \ Volume 1798 \ Volume 3 \ Numero 225
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reineggs, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Adventurer and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1744 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1793 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |