Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise

Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise (born November 30, 1762 in Weimar ; † May 10, 1840 there ) was a German botanist and author .

Life

Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise was born as the son of a court orchestra musician to Duke Karl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach in Weimar. Due to deafness, his father had to retire early and therefore lacked the financial means for the student education of his three children.

Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise attended today's Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium Weimar in Weimar until 1779 . With the help of friends who studied in Jena and whom he often visited there, he was able to continue his education on an autodidactic basis .

Until 1787 he carried out illumination work for the Landes-Industrie-Comptoir of Friedrich Justin Bertuch , which was the leading German cartographic publisher at the beginning of the 19th century. Then he was sent to Dresden by Duke Karl August to the artillery school, which he attended until 1793, when he joined the Weimar contingent. His unit was about to be deployed in the first coalition war, but he had meanwhile completely lost his inclination to become a soldier, so that he stayed in Weimar against the wishes of the duke, whereby he was no longer given any employment.

In 1805 the first bird shooting was held at the newly built shooting house . As a former artilleryman, he had taken over the burning of the festival cannon. A drunk had come too close to the open powder keg with his burning pipe and caused it to explode. Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise, who wanted to save the drunk, sustained severe burns.

After the battle of Jena , the French general Armand Charles Guilleminot was commissioned by Napoleon to survey the battlefield. Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise was recommended to him as a surveyor . He did such a good job that he again won the favor of the duke, who appointed him supervisor of the Weimar military library in 1807 .

In 1811 he was promoted from engineering geographer to horticultural inspector. Due to his botanical knowledge, he published numerous publications and in 1827 was able to purchase the house from Friedrich Schiller .

Fonts (selection)

• Forest botanical notebooks . Weimar 1800.
• Instruction on the cultivation of some types of wood that are particularly recommended for the farmer for cultivation; and to treat the polluted willows to make a greater use than usual . Rudolstadt bey Langbein and Klüger 1805.
• Johann Volkmar Sickler; Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise: German agriculture in its entirety according to the latest experience worked by a society of practical economists . Erfurt Hennings'sche Buchhandlung 1811

• Economic technology or complete instructions for the establishment and operation of those trades that can be connected with agriculture: a manual for farmers, chamberlaists and police officers . Erfurt in the Hennings'schen Buchhandlung 1812
• Military school or catechetical instruction in the field service for Landwehr and Landsturm men . Erfurt: Henning, 1815.
• The perfect beer and vinegar brewer, or theoretical-practical instruction, several kinds of beers, as: all malt beverages customary in England in the manner customary in London, as well as the most distinguished German beers, and the most famous vinegars in the most beneficial way improve: a necessary instructional and manual, not only for those who want to pursue this business with benefit, but also for everyone who needs a perfect knowledge of this business . Gotha: Hennings, 1822.

• Economic technological dictionary . Gotha in the Hennings'schen Buchhandlung 1825
• The art of building, room and street lighting using oil, tallow, wax and gas . Ilmenau: Voigt, 1829.
• The perfect melon, cucumber and asparagus gardener: in addition to the best method of pickling cucumbers . Ilmenau B. Fr. Voigt 1830.
• Encyclopedic Gardening Dictionary, or complete theory and experience lessons in fruit, kitchen, herb and flower gardening . Erfurt; Gotha: Hennings, 1830.
• Germany's plant-blooming calendar or monthly directory of the blooming time of all phanerogamic plants growing wild in Germany that became known up to 1828 . Gotha and Erfurt Hennings'sche Buchhandlung 1831.
• Containing German register of names and synonyms for plants . Gotha; Erfurt Hennings 1832
• The perfect melon, cucumber, artichoke, asparagus and mushroom gardener . Weimar Verlag, print and lithograph by B. Fr. Voigt 1836.

Individual evidence

1. ^ New necrology of the Germans . BF Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed on January 26, 2018]).
2. ^ Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grosherzogl. S. Weimar-Eisenachisches government paper . The Government, 1817 ( google.de [accessed January 26, 2018]).