Johann Baptist von Weiß
Johann Baptist von Weiß (born July 17, 1820 in Ettenheim , Baden , † March 8, 1899 in Graz , Styria ) was a German historian, writer and university professor. He became known for his 22-volume world history and other historical works.
Life
Although he came from a humble background, Weiss was able to attend the Lyceum in Freiburg and study in Tübingen , Heidelberg and Munich . In 1844 he took over a teaching position for French and English at the higher citizen school in Freiburg. After the revolution of 1848 , during which he advocated a Greater German solution and turned against the Baden Republic, Weiss took over the editorial office of the Freiburg newspaper . In 1854 he was appointed professor at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz . There he began to write his world history, which he worked on until his death. Further works are the “History of Alfred the Great” (1852), the “History of German Folk Costumes in the Middle Ages” (1865) and “Byzantine Stories” (1872).
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria appointed him a lifelong member of the manor house , elevated him to the personal nobility and awarded him several medals. Pope Pius IX awarded him the Order of Gregorius . A street is named after him in his hometown of Ettenheim.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : White, Johann Baptist . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 54th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1886, pp. 111–119 ( digitized version ).
- Franz Ilwof : Weiss, Johann Baptist von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, pp. 24-26.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Baptist von Weiß in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Baptist von Weiß in the German Digital Library
1. General history of the Middle Ages and historical auxiliary sciences: Julius Franz Borgias Schneller (1806–1823) | Leopold Hassler (1825–1851) | Johann Baptist von Weiß (1854–1890) | Arnold Busson (1891-1892) | Johann Loserth (1893–1917) | Wilhelm Erben (1917–1933) | Walther Kienast (1939–1945) | Heinrich Appelt (1959–1963) | Friedrich Hausmann (1964–1988) | Reinhard Härtel (1988–2011) | Romedio Schmitz-Esser (since 2017)
2. Austrian History and Central Europe: Franz Krones von Marchland (1865–1902) | Karl Uhlirz (1903–1914) | Raimund Friedrich Kaindl (1915–1930) | Anton Mell (1931–1935) | Hugo Hantsch (1935–1939) | Hans Pirchegger (1939–1945) | Hugo Hantsch (1945–1946) | Hermann Wiesflecker (1961–1984) | Moritz Csáky (1984-2004) | Walter Höflechner (2004–2012) | vacant (since 2012)
3. History of the Early Modern Age: Adam Wolf (1867–1883) | Hans von Zwiedineck-Südhorst (1899–1906) | Heinrich von Srbik (1917–1922) | Kurt Kaser (1924–1931) | Ferdinand Bilger (1939–1945) | Karl Eder (1946–1961) | Alexander Novotny (1963-1976) | Grete Walter-Klingenstein (1976–1998) | Alfred Ableitinger (1998-2004) | Gabriele Haug-Moritz (since 2004)
4. Economic and social history: Othmar Pickl (1969–1995) | Renate Pieper (since 1998)
5. Southeast European history and anthropology: Ferdinand Hauptmann (1969–1986) | Horst Haselsteiner (1986-1993) | Karl Kaser (since 1996)
6. General contemporary history: Helmut Konrad (1984–2016) | Barbara Stelzl-Marx (since 2019) | Christiane Berth (since 2020)
7. History of Science: Simone De Angelis (since 2011)
8. Subject didactics of history, social studies and political education: Alois Ecker (2017–2020) | Christian Heuer (since 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | White, Johann Baptist von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ettenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1899 |
| Place of death | Graz |