Johann Jacob Ebert
Johann Jacob Ebert (born November 20, 1737 in Breslau ; † March 18, 1805 in Wittenberg ) was a German mathematician, poet, astronomer, journalist and author.
Life
Ebert attended school in Wurzen and then went to the Elisabeth high school in his hometown. He enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1756 , where he obtained the degree of master's degree in 1761 . He then gave mathematical and philosophical lectures at the philosophical faculty. There he had intensive contact with Christian Fürchtegott Gellert and Johann August Ernesti . In 1764 he went on an educational trip through Germany and France .
In 1768 he received a position as court master of the children of the Russian Minister Teplof in Saint Petersburg . In 1769 he went to the University of Wittenberg as a professor of lower mathematics . Here he acquired a great reputation through his diverse talents, his knowledge of human nature and sociability as well as through his lectures. In his private life he read about logic, metaphysics, beautiful sciences, held exercises in German eloquence and poetry. Ebert also dealt with the first hot air balloon from Montgolfier , which rose on June 5, 1783, in his lectures on the beginnings of aviation. In 1785, lower and higher mathematics were finally merged at the university, which Ebert took over completely.
In addition to newspapers that he published to impart knowledge in the field of natural sciences and housekeeping, he set up an observatory in 1789 at Wittenberger Bürgermeisterstraße 16 . So he had the opportunity to do astronomical studies himself. He wrote several philosophical and mathematical textbooks, which at that time stood out for their logical arrangement, care and clarity. He also wrote novels and was active in fiction and poetry in newspaper articles. In his honor there is a memorial plaque on the now modernized house of his former observatory.
Fonts
- More detailed instruction in the philosophical and mathematical sciences for the upper classes of schools and high schools. Frankfurt and Leipzig 1773.
- Yearbook for instructive entertainment for young women, Leipzig 1795–1802 (8th year with copperplate engravings)
- "Wittenberg magazine for lovers of the philosophical and beautiful sciences" 1781–84
- "Wallpaper" a weekly publication 1771–1776,
- "Wittenberger learned newspaper" 1778–85
- "Wittenbergisches Wochenblatt" 1801-04
- Collection of small novels and moral stories
- Fables for children and young people of both sexes 1810 in third edition
- see. Wittenberger Wochenblatt 1805 pp. 97-102
literature
- Max Senf: Calendarium Historicum Vitebergense; Wittenberg 1912
- Heinz Kathe : The Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty 1502–1817 (= Central German Research. Volume 117). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-412-04402-4 .
- Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917,
- Walther Killy : Literature Lexicon: Authors and works in the German language. (15 volumes) Gütersloh; Munich: Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verl. 1988–1991 (CD-ROM Berlin 1998 ISBN 3-932544-13-7 ) vol. 3 p. 157
- Nikolaus Müller: The finds in the tower knobs of the town church in Wittenberg, Magdeburg Evangelische Buchhandlung Ernst Holtermann, 1912
Web links
- Ferdinand Spehr : Ebert, Johann Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 587.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ebert, Johann Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician, poet, astronomer, journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1737 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1805 |
| Place of death | Wittenberg |