Johann Karl Fischer (mathematician)

Johann Karl Fischer (before 1807)

Johann Karl Fischer (also Johann Carl Fischer ; born December 5, 1760 in Allstedt , † May 22, 1833 in Greifswald ) was a German mathematician and physicist .

Life

The son of the mayor of Allstedt in the Ernestine office of the same name , Johann Gottfried Fischer, attended school in his hometown and was also taught by private tutors. From 1773 he attended the grammar school in Halle (Saale) , but switched to the grammar school in Magdeburg after three months . There he received additional musical training and performed successfully as a treble player at concerts under the direction of Johann Heinrich Rolle . After three years he went to the Wilhelminum Ernestinum in Weimar , which was directed by Johann Michael Heinze . He had a good relationship with Heinze and Johann Karl August Musäus in the three years that he spent in Weimar.

He then went to the University of Jena , where he initially studied law , but then turned to mathematics and the natural sciences. In 1788 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . The following year disputed he pro venia legendi . In 1792 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Jena. From 1807 to 1818 he was professor of mathematics and physics at the Stadtgymnasium Dortmund . In 1819 he went to the University of Greifswald , where he taught as a professor of mathematics and astronomy. In 1822 he was rector of the university.

Johann Karl Fischer wrote numerous textbooks on mathematics and physics as well as widely acclaimed compilations. His eight-volume “History of Physics” is considered the first systematic history work of this science.

Fonts (selection)

• De nova methodo logarithmos computandi, nec non eorum natura et constitutione. 1788 (inaugural dissertation).
• Physical dictionary or explanation of the most distinguished terms and artificial words related to physics, both atomistic and dynamic, with short attached messages about the history of the inventions and descriptions of the tools in alphabetical order. 7 vols., Dieterich, Göttingen 1798–1805. (3 supplement volumes 1823–1827)
• History of physics since the restoration of the arts and sciences. 8 vols., Göttingen 1801–1808.
• Elementary mathematics, viewed on the basis of critical philosophy, and for the use of lectures at universities and other high educational institutions. Kummer, Leipzig 1820.

See also

• List of rectors at the University of Greifswald

literature

• Hermann Müller:  Fischer, Johann Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 74 f.
• Carl Graf von Klinckowström :  Fischer, Johann Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 191 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Diedrich Hermann Biederstedt : Johann Carl Fischer . In: News from the now living writers in New Western Pomerania and Rügen . Stralsund 1822, p. 37–39 ( digital-bibliothek-mv.de ).
• Hans Reddemann : The listed old cemetery in the university and Hanseatic city of Greifswald. Part III, Greifswald 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-027660-6 , p. 67.
• Stephan Sehlke: Educators - Pastors - Patriots. Biographical manual on print material for children and young people by authors and illustrators from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from the beginnings up to and including 1945. 2009, ISBN 978-3-837094978 , pp. 107-108 ( Google books ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Johann Karl Fischer in the catalog of the German National Library

• Literature about Johann Karl Fischer (mathematician) in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Rectors of the University: 1800–1899. In: Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald: Rektoren-Chronik. February 23, 2007, archived from the original on August 18, 2010 .  

predecessor	Office	successor
Peter Friedrich Kanngießer	Rector of the University of Greifswald 1822	Ernst Gottfried Adolf Böckel