Johann Michael Franz (geographer)

Johann Michael Franz (also Frantz ; born September 14, 1700 in Öhringen , † 1761 in Nuremberg ) made a contribution to geography in Germany .

Franz studied together with Johann Christoph Homann (1703–1730), the son of Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724), at the University of Halle , where they heard lectures from Christian Wolff . In 1730, after J. Chr. Homann's death, he continued to run the map office together with Johann Georg Ebersperger (1695–1760) under the name of "Homannian heirs". In 1759 he sold his share in the Homann publishing house to his younger brother Jacob Heinrich Franz (1713–1769).

In 1755 he became a professor in Göttingen. In the same year he was elected an extraordinary member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

In 1746 Franz founded the “Cosmographische Gesellschaft” together with Tobias Mayer and Georg Moritz Lowitz .

Works

Kurtze news of the Homenian large map atlas, together with a list of all maps which have therefore come to light in the Homenic Office. Nuremberg: Homan heirs 1741
Homan report of the production of large world spheres. Nuremberg: Homan heirs 1746
Homannic proposals for the necessary improvements in the science of world description, and a new academy to be established in the context of Homannic action. Nuremberg: Homann 1747
The German state geography: with all its functions, supreme and lordly lords, princes and estates in the German empire, proposed by the directing members of the cosmographic society according to the principles of cosmographic society. Frankfurt a. M., Leipzig: Krauss 1753
The cosmographic lottery. Frankfurt a. M., Leipzig: Krauss 1753
General mapping of the earth in twenty country charts for beginners in geography. Nuremberg, Homann 1764

literature

Christian Sandler : The Homann heirs (1724-1852) and their maps. The life and work of Johann Georg Ebersperger (1695–1760) and Johann Michael Franz (1700–1761). Verlag Rockstuhl , Bad Langensalza, 2nd reprint edition 1890/2006, ISBN 978-3-936030-04-4

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 85.

personal data
SURNAME	Franz, Johann Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Frantz, Johann Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German geographer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1700
PLACE OF BIRTH	Öhringen
DATE OF DEATH	1761
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 85.