Johann Wolf (pedagogue)

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Johann Wolf (born May 26, 1765 in Nuremberg ; † February 16, 1824 there ) was a German educator and ornithologist , he was also a botanist. His author's abbreviation is Joh.Wolf .

Life

After attending school in Nuremberg, he studied at the school teachers' college in Meiningen from 1789 . For outstanding achievements, he received a scholarship for an educational trip through northern Germany. In Schnepfenthal he visited the pedagogue Christian Gotthilf Salzmann , who inspired and introduced him to the natural sciences.

Wolf he came as a private tutor to the Reich schultheiß Haller von Hallerstein and in 1792 took over a teaching position at the Büchnerische Lehr- und Bildungsanstalt in his hometown. In this position he published his first work: New methodological regulations for educational institutions and schools . He devoted himself particularly to ornithology and was soon considered one of the first ornithologists in Germany. His natural history of birds in Germany , which he began together with Bernhard Wagner in 1805, was recognized, as was his pocket book on ornithology for Germany . In 1801 Wolf founded the Natural History Society in Nuremberg . Since he had also acquired knowledge in the field of technology, he was appointed the first teacher at the newly established boys 'secondary school in 1803, and in the same year he was appointed inspector of the newly founded school teachers' college. He had been suffering from the lungs for a long time and when he had an inflammation of the intestine he died on February 16, 1824.

Honors

In 1796 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Writings and works (selection)

Wolf contributed a lot to the spread of scientific knowledge through word and writing. Numerous scientific institutes have made him a member. In addition to various articles in Voigt's magazine of natural history , in the annals of the Wetterauische Gesellschaft , he published other articles. Wolf wrote some basic works as well as numerous articles in scientific publications.

  • New methodological regulations for educational institutions and schools
  • Natural history of birds in Germany ,
  • Ornithology paperback for Germany , Nuremberg 1810
  • Dr. Meyer zu Offenbach and Dr. Wolf zu Nürnberg: Pocket book of German ornithology or a short description of all birds in Germany. First part edited by J. Wolf: Frankfurt am Main 1810
  • Illustration and description of the adder , Nuremberg 1815;
  • Illustrations and description of strange scientific objects , 2 volumes, Nuremberg 1818–1822
  • A safe and inexpensive means of killing insects quickly and without injury , Nuremberg, 1803
  • The stone crab , Nuremberg, 1805

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Hess:  Wolf, Johann (pedagogue) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 764 f. See page = 766/767
  2. ^ List of members Leopoldina, Johann Wolf
  3. ↑ http://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/jportal_person_00025872
personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1824
Place of death Nuremberg