Jaroslaus Schaller
Josef Franz Jaroslaus Schaller (Czech Josef František Jaroslav Schaller ; born March 6, 1738 in Konopischt ( Konopiště ) near Beneschau ; † January 6, 1809 in Prague ) was a Bohemian piarist , historian and topographer .
Life
Jaroslaus Schaller entered the Piarist order in 1753, then completed a degree in theology , was also an elementary school teacher in Prague and Kosmanos and from 1766 to 1772 educator and teacher for the family of Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck . He then worked as a teacher of poetry and rhetoric in Niklasburg in South Moravia and was again tutor of the Nostitz family in Prague from 1775 until the end of his life. He maintained close relationships with Bohemian scholars of his time, including Franz Martin Pelzl , Josef Dobrovský and Gelasius Dobner .
Jaroslaus Schaller is the founder of geographical statistics in Bohemia . In his topographical studies, he used the statistical material collected by the authorities. His 16-volume Topography of Bohemia formed the basis of all subsequent specialist work of this type and is still an important historical source today.
As a priest he worked at the Church of St. Joseph in Prague and in the Piarist Order. In addition, he was archbishop notarius publicus, honorary member of the Society of Friends of Natural Sciences in Berlin and the Leopoldina in Halle , as well as a real member of the "learned society" in Jena .
Fonts
- Topography of the Kingdom of Bohemia. 16 volumes. 1785–1791, with a universal register, Prague and Vienna. ( Digitized version ).
- Description of the royal capital and residence city of Prague, including all the interesting sights. 4 volumes. Gerzabeck, Prague 1794–1797 ( digitized version ).
- Brief history of the kk book censorship and revision in the kingdom of Bohemia. Gerzabeck, Prague 1796.
- Brief description of the royal. Capital and residence city of Prague. Widtmann, Prague 1798; new, thoroughly revised and much increased edition [1817] ( digitized version )
- Brief descriptions of the lives of those deceased scholarly men from the order of the Pious School, who have distinguished themselves excellently through their talent and special services to literature and science from the establishment of this institute to the present day. Gerzabeck, Prague 1799 ( digitized version ).
- Newly made catastrum of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Widtmann, Prague [1803] ( digitized version ).
- Thoughts on the constitution of the Piarists and their way of teaching. Haase, Prague 1805.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schaller, Jaroslaw a Sancto Josepho . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 29th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, pp. 96–98 ( digitized version ).
- Society of the Patriotic Museum in Bohemia 2/1 (1828), p. 152.
- Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries, published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) by Ferdinand Seibt , Hans Lemberg and Helmut Slapnicka, Volume III, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 2000, ISBN 3 486 55973 7 , p. 612.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jaroslaus Schaller: Brief description of the royal. Capital and residence city of Prague. 1798.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaller, Jaroslaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schaller, Jaroslav (Czech); Schaller, Josef Franz Jaroslaus (full name, German); Schaller, Josef František Jaroslav (full name, Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian piarist, historian and topographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Konopischt near Beneschau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1809 |
| Place of death | Prague |