Johann Wilhelm Ridler

Johann Wilhelm Ridler (born April 12, 1772 in Leitmeritz , † January 23, 1834 in Vienna ) was an Austrian librarian and editor.

Life

Ridler was a son of the former officer and businessman Jakob Hilarius Ridler. He completed his school days in his hometown and then went to Prague to study at Charles University ; mainly with Ignaz Cornova , August Gottlieb Meißner and Karl Heinrich Seibt .

Through the mediation of his lecturers, he became tutor to a Viennese family in 1791 . In 1795 he came to the same position in the household of Baron Franz Wilhelm von Natorp (1729-1802). At the same time he studied at the University of Vienna with the professor of classical literature Franz Hammer (1758-1825). In 1804 he ended his activity as a private tutor, as he was appointed professor and appointed as the successor to the philologist Franz Karl Alter .

When Vienna was occupied by Napoleonic troops on November 13, 1805 , many officers attended his public lectures, in which his patriotic tenor made himself increasingly unpopular. At the beginning of 1807, Ridler was appointed tutor of the Archdukes Franz Karl, Ferdinand and Joseph; later also of the Archduchesses Maria Ludovika, Leopoldine and Karoline.

He resigned this office in 1809 when he was appointed to the government council and assigned to the study court commission . When Anton Spendou died in 1813, Ridler was entrusted with the management of the university library as his successor . During Ridler's aegis , the book inventory grew by around 30,000 volumes.

Johann Wilhelm Ridler died at the age of almost 62 on January 23, 1834 in Vienna, where he found his final resting place.

Trivia

• At the University of Vienna, Johann Wilhelm Ridler was Franz Grillparzer's lecturer and Ridler immortalized him as “Rat Rimbold” in his comedy The Unhappy Lovers .

Fonts (selection)

as an author

• Voltaire . Vienna 1810.
• Ferdinand Prince of Trautmannsdorff . Vienna 1811.

as editor

• Austrian Archive for History, Descriptions of the Earth, State Studies , Art and Literature , Vol. 1–3 (1831–1833)

literature

• H. Reitterer:  Ridler Johann Wilhelm. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 134 f. (Direct links on p. 134 , p. 135 ).
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Ridler, Johann Wilhelm . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 73 ( digitized version ).
• Karl Veith: Memories of Johann Wilhelm Ridler . In: Mittheilungen aus Wien , Vol. 3 (1834), p. 145.
• New Nekrolog der Deutschen , vol. 12 (1834), p. 73.
• Austrian National Encyclopedia, Vol. 4 . Vienna 1835, p. 385.