Jean Ignace Roderique
Jean Ignace Roderique ( Johann Ignaz Roderique ) (born November 3, 1696 in Malmedy , † April 4, 1756 in Cologne ) was a Cologne journalist and historian. As a newspaper publisher, he brought out the internationally acclaimed Gazette de Cologne in French from 1734 .
Life
Jean Ignace Roderique was the son of Jean Roderique (* 1661/62; † 1759/65) (watchmaker and goldsmith, mayor of Malmedy since 1715) and Anne Marie Meyer († 1765). In Trier he was a novice with the Jesuits . He then studied theology in Cologne and Münster. In 1725 Roderique took up a professorship for algebra , analysis and geography in Würzburg, where he was involved in the defamation affair surrounding the Würzburg lying stones . In 1730 he settled in Cologne and in the spring of 1731 married Maria Sybilla Katherina Pöler, b. Topsius. In 1732 he accepted a professorship for history at the University of Cologne .
Primarily for financial reasons (the university paid badly) Roderique got into publishing. In 1734 he applied to the Cologne Council for permission to publish a French-language newspaper, the Gazette de Cologne . 1735 with a privilege of Emperor Charles VI. The Gazette appeared twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays, and was provided with the condition not to express criticism of the court. It became one of the most influential papers in 18th century Europe. In addition to the printed newspaper, Roderique also published individually produced “written newspapers” for a selected group of recipients. Because of the one-sided, pro-Austrian stance of the Gazette de Cologne during the First Silesian War , Roderique was beaten on the street on April 13, 1741 by a paid Cologne thug on behalf of the Prussian King Friedrich II . The royal instruction was "a beating" and was paid with 50 ducats. Roderique then apologized, but changed the course of his newspaper only slightly.
The news business made Johann Ignaz Roderique a wealthy and respected citizen of Cologne with extensive international connections. His grave is in the Poor Clare Monastery in Cologne. After his death, his nephew Caspar Anton Jacquemotte took over the newspaper company. He took the nickname de Roderique .
literature
- Deeters / Helmrath (ed.): Sources on the history of the city of Cologne, Vol. II: Late Middle Ages and early modern times (1396-1794). Cologne 1996, ISBN 978-3-7616-1285-9 , JP Bachem Verlag. P. 256ff
- Johann Jakob Merlo : Roderique, Johann Ignaz de . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 22 f.
- Herbert Hömig : Roderique, Jean Ignace (Johann Ignaz). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 699 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Herbert Hörnig, Jean Ignace Roderique and the beginnings of history at Cologne University , in: Annalen Vol. 180 (1978), pp. 146–168.
Works
- Historiae universalis institutiones , 1731
Individual evidence
- ↑ In German archives such as the Cologne University Library, the Gazette de Cologne is given as a twice-weekly sheet from 1743 to 1799, but entire volumes are missing to keep track of this. When the international press writes about the Cologne Gazette much later, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is referring to the Kölnische Zeitung and not the Gazette de Cologne.
- ↑ Deeters / Helmrath: Sources on the history of the city of Cologne, Vol. II , p. 259f
- ^ Ludwig Salomon: History of the German newspaper system. First volume. Oldenburg, Leipzig 1906
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roderique, Jean Ignace |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roderique, Johannes Ignatius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publicist and university professor in Cologne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1696 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malmedy |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1756 |
| Place of death | Cologne |