Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider

Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider

Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider (born March 23, 1760 in Gaugrehweiler , † January 29, 1843 in Strasbourg ) was a German meteorologist and mathematician .

Life

He grew up in the Palatinate town of Gaugrehweiler, where his father, Johannes Herrenschneider , was court preacher at the court of Carl Magnus von Rheingrafenstein . His uncle Johann Samuel Herrenschneider († 1804) was a professor of mathematics at the University of Strasbourg .

After his then ten-year-old sister was killed in an attack on her father in 1773, the family moved to Rappoltsweiler and in 1777 to Strasbourg. Herrenschneider began his studies at the local university, where he studied mathematics and astronomy with Johann Jeremias Brackenhofer († 1789), among others . On September 26, 1782 he received his doctorate in philosophy with a treatise " on consciousness ". Subsequently, for the sake of his father, he studied law and obtained a licentiate in law in 1785 . His passion, however, lay in the natural sciences and mathematics. After the death of his uncle, he took over his math lectures on a temporary basis. In 1789 he received a call to the chair of astronomy. He became the successor to Brackenhofer, who had died shortly before.

He began his professorship with a trip through Europe, during which he visited the most modern observatories of his time. On his trip he met Wilhelm Herschel , Nevil Maskelyne , Jean Cassini , Jérôme Lalande , Jean Sylvain Bailly and Pierre-Simon Laplace , among others . When he returned to Strasbourg in January 1791, the faculty had been dissolved due to the French Revolution . Until it was re-established, he taught physics, chemistry and mathematics at various schools in Strasbourg.

In May 1794 he and his father were arrested along with Isaak Haffner and Johann Lorenz Blessig as opponents of the Jacobins and imprisoned until the 9th Thermidor .

effect

Bust of St. Thomas Church , Strasbourg

• In 1838 he received the Cross of the Legion of Honor .
• His more than 40 years of uninterrupted records of meteorological data are still an important source today.

Work (selection)

• Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider: Exercice public de physique, sur les propriétés générales des corps, la dynamique, l'hydrostatique, l'aérométrie, l'acoustique et la théorie du calorique . Strasbourg 1801.
• Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider: Exercice public sur les éléments de chimie et l'optique . Strasbourg 1802.
• Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider: Exercice public sur les propriétés générales des corps, la dynamique, l'hydrostatique, l'aérométrie, la théorie du calorique, et l'électricité . Ed .: Levrault FG Strasbourg 1803.
• Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider: Observations météorologiques faites à Strasbourg, pendant les années 1807, 1808, 1809 et 1810, 1811? In: Levrault F. G (Ed.): Mémoires de la société des Sciences agriculture et arts de Strasbourg . Strasbourg 1803, p. 470–476 ( digitized on Gallica , full text in the Google book search).
• Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider: Résumé des observations météorologiques faites à Strasbourg… 1811-1820 . In: Mémoires de la Société des sciences, agriculture et arts de Strasbourg . Strasbourg 1803 ( digitized on Gallica ).

literature

• Jean-Chrétien-Ferdinand Hœfer: Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources à consulter . Ambroise Firmin Didot, 1858, p. 462 ( full text in Google Book Search).
• Friedrich August Schmidt et al .: New Nekrolog der Deutschen . 1845, p. 102 ff . ( Full text in Google Book Search).
• Ph. A Dannbach: Obituary to the ashes of Professor Herrenschneider, as a scholar and private citizen . Strasbourg 1843.
• G. L Schuler: Speeches at the funeral of Joh. Ludw. Alex. Men's tailor, ... professor at the protest. Seminar ... held February 1, 1843 . Strasbourg 1843.
• Ch. Th. Gérold: La Faculté de théologie et le Séminaire protestant de Strasbourg (1803–1872): une page de l'histoire de l'Alsace . libraire Istra, Strasbourg 1923 ( archive.org ).
• Auguste Bertin: Résumé des observations de M. Herrenschneider sur la météorologie de Strasbourg . In: Mémoires de la Société des sciences naturelles de Strasbourg . Strasbourg.
• Jean-Georges Gueth: Jean Louis Alexandre Herrenschneider . In: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne . No. 16 . Strasbourg, S. 1552 .
• Johann Reader: To the jubilee of the well-deserved academic teacher, Ludwig Herrenschneider. May 6, 1834 . Strasbourg.
• Ehrenfried Stoeber: A flower for the jubilation of our venerable fellow citizen, Mr. Professor Herrenschneider . Strasbourg 1834.
• Ehrenfried Stoeber: A flower for the jubilation of our venerable fellow citizen, Mr. Professor Herrenschneider . Strasbourg 1834.
• J. Wilm: Discours prononcé le 23 février 1843, pour rendre les derniers honneurs académiques à JLA Herrenschneider, professeur honoraire à la Faculté des sciences et professeur au Séminaire protestant de Strasbourg. Suivi des discours prononcés sur la tombe par Sarrus et par Fargeaud . Ed .: Heitz F. Ch. Strasbourg 1843.

Web links

Commons : Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Johann Ludwig Alexander Herrenschneider in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friedrich Christian Laukhard: Life and deeds of the Rhine Count Carl Magnus, whom Joseph II sent to prison in Königstein for ten years in order to learn to respect the rights of subjects and other people. Halle 1798 ( full text in the Google book search).