Johann Gottfried Teske
Johann Gottfried Teske (also: Taeschke, Teschke ; * May 3, 1704 in Königsberg ; † May 25, 1772 ibid) was a German physicist .
Life
Teske studied at the University of Königsberg from 1719 and moved to the University of Halle, where he acquired the degree of master's degree on May 27, 1726 . On August 10, 1726, when he returned to the university in his hometown of Königsberg, he became lecturer in philosophy, in 1728 extraordinary professor of logic and metaphysics and in 1729 full professor of physics. In 1733 he was appointed Samland consistorial councilor. He also became vice-president and an official at the consistory .
In 1760 he was awarded an honorary professorship at the University of St. Petersburg as an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences . Teske's most famous pupil was Immanuel Kant , whom he accompanied as a mentor in acquiring the master’s degree and supported him with his work on fire (de igne). Teske, who was the first physicist at the Königsberg University, dealt with the research of electricity. He had also participated in the organizational tasks of the Königsberg University. He was dean of the philosophical faculty and in the summer semester of 1772 rector of the alma mater.
Works
- Diss. De longitudine fixarum mutabili, latitudine immutabili. Koenigsberg
- Diss. De intellectu divino. Koenigsberg
- Diss. De igne ex chalybis silicisque collisione nascente. Koenigsberg
- Diss. De origine fontium. Koenigsberg
- Diss. De incomprehensibilitate Dei. Koenigsberg 1743
- Treatise on Electricity. in addition to two other treatises with the same content by the royal. Academy of Sciences in Berlin promoted to print. 1745
- New discovery of various as yet unknown effects and properties of electricity. Koenigsberg 1746
- Diss. De phialis vitreis from illabente minimo silice dissilientibus. Koenigsberg 1751
- New attempts at curating toothache by means of magnetic steel. Koenigsberg 1765
- Note and consideration about the unusual cold in the year 1740. in the Königsberg intelligence papers n
literature
- Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Gerhard Fleischer d. J., Leipzig, 1815, Vol. 14, P. 28 ff. ( Online .)
- Teske, Johann Gottfried. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 42, Leipzig 1744, column 1189.
- Johann Christian Poggendorff : Biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences. Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig, 1863, 2nd volume, p. 1083. ( Online .)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teske, Johann Gottfried |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Teschke, Johann Gottfried; Taeschke, Johann Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1704 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1772 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg |