Johann Christoph Ullmann
Johann Christoph Ullmann (born September 3, 1771 in Kassel ; † August 6, 1821 in Marburg ) was a Marburg professor and mineralogist , after whom the mineral Ullmannite was named.
Johann Christoph Ullmann was born as the son of the later Marburg chief pensioner Johann Friedrich Ullmann from Hofgeismar and the Marien Elisabeth Bode, daughter of the place major Johann Christoph Bode. The physician Christoph Ullmann is his brother. He was married to the widow of the court judge Hans Adolph Friedrich von Eschstruth .
He studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg in Saxony in 1790 and received his doctorate in Marburg in 1792 . From 1793 to 1797 he was an associate professor of philosophy and finance at the University of Marburg and finally became a full professor of political science and mining and metallurgy as well as a member of the State Economic Institute.
He was the first professor of this subject in Marburg who had been trained under Abraham Gottlob Werner at the Freiberg Mining Academy.
From 1795 Johann Christoph Ullmann took over the supervision of the "Hessisches Mineralien-Cabinett" of the Princely Hessian University of Marburg (now the Mineralogical Museum of the Philipps University of Marburg ) which was set up by Johann Gottlieb Waldin (1728–1795) in 1790 .
Johann Christoph Ullmann was a Freemason in the Freemason Lodge Wilhelmine Caroline in Hanau, founded in 1778, and in the Marburg Lodge Marc Aurel zum Flammenden Stern, built in 1812, until his death . He died as Oberbergrat in Marburg.
literature
- Catalogus Professorum Academiae Marburgensis . The academic teachers of Philipps University from 1527 to 1910. Ed. Franz Gundlach. Marburg 1927, p. 451 f.
- Festschrift for the centenary of the Königl. Saxon. Bergakademie Freiberg on July 30, 1866 . Printed by the K. Hofbuchdruckerei by CC Meinhold & Söhne, Dresden 1866, p. 233
- Wilhelm von Gümbel : Ullmann, Johann Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 196.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder : Basis for a Hessian scholar and writer history from the Reformation to the present day . 15th volume. Kassel 1806, p. 239
- Friedrich Freiherr Waitz von Eschen: To the beginnings of geological research in Hessen-Kassel in the 18th century . P. 214
Individual evidence
- ^ History of Freemasonry i. O. Hanau a. Main. Festschrift of the [Loge] Braunfels on perseverance for the 25th anniversary 1872–1897. (Print by G. Heydt.), Hanau 1897, p. 16
Web links
- History of the Mineralogical Collection and the Mineralogical Museum ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on the website of the University of Marburg
- Mineral Museum of the Philipps University of Marburg in the database of university museums and collections in Germany
- Bibliography in the "Annotated Bio-Bibliography of Mineralogy and Crystallography 1469-1919" by Curtis P. Schuh
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ullmann, Johann Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mineralogist and Marburg professor, after whom the mineral ullmannite was named |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1821 |
| Place of death | Marburg |