Johann Wilhelm Oelsner
Johann Wilhelm Oelsner (born July 6, 1766 in Goldberg ; † November 18, 1848 ) was the Royal Secret Commerce and Conference Councilor, Knight of the Red Eagle Order, industrialist, educator and philologist. His brother was the German publicist Konrad Engelbert Oelsner .
Johann Wilhelm Oelsner was the founder of one of the first private education institutes in Breslau (1794), professor at the Breslau Elisabethan and long-time honorary master of the Friedrich Lodge on the Golden Scepter in the Oriente in Breslau .
In 1809 he inherited a cloth business from his wealthy uncle and in 1818, together with three other wholesalers, set up a wool yarn factory in the monastery of Trebnitz , which was secularized in 1810 , which he took over in 1823 on his own account and later expanded it into a factory for fine and medium cloth .
Oelsner felt his life as a philologist and owned an extensive library, which in 1836 comprised 18,000 volumes.
literature
- Franz Wiedemann : Johann Wilhelm Oelsner, a teacher at the St. Elisabeth high school and citizens of Breslau (1766–1848): Speech for the 350th anniversary of the high school on January 29, 1912 . Wroclaw Cooperative Book Printing Works, Wroclaw 1913 ( digitized version )
- Adolf Schimmelpfennig : Oelsner, Johann Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 341-343.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oelsner, Johann Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Secret Commerzienrat, industrialist, educator and philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goldberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1848 |