Jan Tesánek
Jan Tesánek (also Johann Tesanek , Latin Ioannes Tessanek ; born December 9, 1728 in Brandeis on the Elbe , † June 22, 1788 in Prague ) was a Bohemian Jesuit , physicist , mathematician and astronomer .
Life
Jan Tesánek attended Charles University in Prague after high school . In 1745 he joined the order of the Jesuits and studied mathematics, physics and astronomy with Joseph Stepling . Stepling introduced him to the works of Isaac Newton , among others . After studying at the philosophical faculty , he taught at Latin schools for three years, after which he began studying theology .
After his ordination he was appointed professor at Charles University, but the order soon transferred him to the Theological Convict in Olomouc , where he also taught. With the intercession of his teacher Stepling, he was allowed to return to Prague two years later, where he taught higher mathematics . Even after the dissolution of the order in 1773, he kept this position. 1778 was appointed dean of the mathematics and physics faculty. Most of his publications appeared in German in the treatises of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences , of which he was a member.
Fonts
- Miscellanea mathematica (1764, 1769)
- Sectiones conoidum (1764)
- Libri I. principiorum mathematicorum philosophiae naturalis Sect. IV exposures (1769)
- Pertractatio quorundam modorum quaestiones geometricas resolvendi (1770)
- Pertractatio elementorum calculi integralis (1771)
- Attempt on some passages in Newton's Principiis (1776)
- Algebraic treatment of the XII. Section of Book I of Newton's Great Work (1777)
- Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, auctore Isaaco Newtono, illustrata commentationibus potissimum Is. Tesanek et quibusdam in locis commentation ibus veterioribus clarissimorum Thom. Le Sueur and Fried. Jacquier, ex Gallicana Minorum familia Matheseos Professorum aliter propositis (two volumes, 1780 and 1785)
- Reflections on a passage in Isaac Newton's general arithmetic (1784)
literature
- L. Nový: Dějiny exactních věd v českých zemích do konce 19. století . Praha, Academia, 1961
Web links
- Jaroslav Folta and Pavel Šišma: Jan Tesánek (Czech)
- Augustin de Backer, with the collaboration of Alois de Backer and Charles Sommervogel: Jean Tessaneck , in Bibliothèque des écrivains de la compagnie de Jésus ou notices bibliographiques . Tomé troisième, RZ, Supplement, pp. 1089-1090; Short biography and catalog raisonné, online
- Abstracts of his publications
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tesánek, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian Jesuit, physicist, astronomer and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1728 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brandýs nad Labem |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1788 |
| Place of death | Prague |