Johann Carl Moll

Johann Carl Moll (born March 9, 1748 in Blankenburg ; † May 21, 1831 in Braunschweig ) was a German mathematician and president of the War College and city commander of the Braunschweig garrison . Moll, whose father was employed as a cook at the court of Duke Carl I , attended schools in Blankenburg in the Harz Mountains and in Braunschweig. He then received military training.

Military career

In 1764 he became a conductor in the artillery department of the Duke Braunschweig Engineering Corps . Here he was already giving private lessons in mathematics. In 1771 he was appointed lieutenant in the engineering corps, in 1785 a captain of the artillery and in 1801 a major. During the time of the French occupation , Moll had retired, but resumed active military service as a lieutenant colonel in 1813 . In 1814 he became President of the War College and Director of the Armory . In May of the same year he was promoted to colonel , in 1815 to major general . In the years 1821 to 1830 Moll was in command of the city of Braunschweig, in 1828 he was appointed lieutenant general and in 1829 he also worked as military governor and was given the title of "Excellence".

Teaching

After a short stay as court master in France, Moll began teaching mathematics at the Collegium Carolinum in 1767 . He also worked as a private tutor to the Brunswick princes August and Friedrich Wilhelm . Furthermore, he accompanied a Russian count on his travels through Europe and in 1787, together with the librarian Ernst Theodor Langer, he accompanied Prince Friedrich Wilhelm on a trip to Lausanne in order to conduct military studies there. In the years 1774 to 1808 Moll taught mathematics as well as field measurements and war architecture at the Carolinum . In 1808 he resigned his teaching post at the Carolinum when it was converted into a military academy for the Kingdom of Westphalia. From then on he only worked as a private tutor.

literature

Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 423 .

Individual evidence

^ Johann Joachim Eschenburg: Draft of a history of the Collegii Carolini in Braunschweig. Nicolai, Berlin / Stettin 1812, p. 79.
^ The History of the Braunschweig Garrison ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
^ ^A ^b Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 423 .

personal data
SURNAME	Minor, Johann Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Braunschweig city commandant
DATE OF BIRTH	March 9, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH	Blankenburg
DATE OF DEATH	May 21, 1831
Place of death	Braunschweig

[1] Johann Joachim Eschenburg: Draft of a history of the Collegii Carolini in Braunschweig. Nicolai, Berlin / Stettin 1812, p. 79.

[2] The History of the Braunschweig Garrison ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[BBL-3] A ^b Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 423 .