Johann Baptist Primisser

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Johann Baptist Primisser (also Johann Primisser ; born August 23, 1739 in Prad , † February 4, 1815 in Vienna ) was a librarian , archaeologist and museum specialist from Tyrol .

Life

Primisser was the son of a farmer and comes from the South Tyrolean Primisser family , graduated from the Innsbruck high school and then philosophical and legal studies at the Innsbruck Lyceum . During this time he found support from his older brother Cassian Primisser . During his legal studies he was court master of the Count Künigl . In 1765 he went to Vienna. There he became house secretary of the Supreme Chancellor of the United Court Chancellery Rudolph Chotek von Chotkow . Even at this time he was known for his archaeological knowledge. For this reason, the Gubernial President Franz Josef Graf von Enzenberg suggested that he apply for the position of castle captain of Ambras Castle , whereupon on May 27, 1768, Empress Maria Theresa promised him the right to this position . From 1668 to 1770 he accompanied Count Chotek's nephew Johann Rudolph Chotek von Chotkow and Count Franz Joseph Wilczek on an extended trip through Italy and France .

After the death of Count Chotek, Primisser was given an imperial pension by decree of June 21, 1771 until he was finally appointed captain of Ambras Castle on January 4, 1772. There he made outstanding contributions to the large collection that he set up and inventoried. The inventory dragged on until 1788 and finally comprised three volumes. From 1783 he was also professor of Greek literature at the Innsbruck grammar school and from 1784 to 1789 head of the Innsbruck Lycee Library . During his tenure, the library was systematically set up, a reading room set up and the holdings systematically cataloged. In 1792 Primisser was elected to represent the country's high schools at the newly established study consesse , but only stayed in office for a short time, only to carry it out again from 1794 to 1796.

Between 1796 and 1806, Primisser had to flee five times with the entire collection from Ambras Castle. In 1806 he took the collection to Vienna, in order to finally display it in the Lower Belvedere in 1813 with his son Alois Primisser . He and his son did a great job in the scientific preparation of the imperial collections.

Primisser was appointed to the Imperial Council on May 4, 1776 . In 1782 he became a member of the Tyrolean Society for Arts and Science.

The Tyrolean poet Johann Friedrich Primisser was his cousin.

Works (selection)

Specialist literature

  • Short message from the KK rarities cabinet at Ambras in Tyrol: with 158 biographies of those princes and generals whose armor and weapons are kept in them , Wagner, Innsbruck 1777.
  • Thoughts on the system of Greek conjugation proposed by Professor Trendelenburg , Innsbruck 1792.
  • Difficillima pars grammaticae graecae de formatione verbi , Innsbruck 1794.
  • De syntaxi graeca libellus , Innsbruck 1796.

Seals

  • The mad Ajax , tragedy in five acts.
  • Veldidena , Singspiel.
  • The apocalyptic woman , Singspiel.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ E. Scheicher:  Primisser, Alois. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 281 f. (Direct links on p. 281 , p. 282 ).
personal data
SURNAME Primisser, Johann Baptist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Primisser, Johann Bapt .; Primisser, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian librarian, archaeologist and museum specialist
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Prad am Stilfserjoch
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1815
Place of death Vienna