Josef Ignác Buček

Josef Ignác Buček (born May 6, 1741 in Freiberg in Moravia , † March 26, 1821 in Prague ) was a Bohemian university professor and author of cameralistic works.

Life

After attending grammar school in his hometown and studying philosophy in Olomouc , Bucek studied law and political science as a student of Joseph von Sonnenfels in Vienna . In the meantime, he traveled to various parts of the empire as a military interpreter . In 1766 he became a professor of political science and camera science at Charles University in Prague. There he was one of the first professors who were not Jesuits . From 1776 to 1781 he also read agriculture. He was a member of the Society for the Advancement of Business and the Liberal Arts.

Teaching

Bucek gave his lectures according to the theories of his teacher, which he had written down in the textbook Principles from the Police - Action and Finance Sciences (1765). The idea he propagated was that a fundamental goal of state policy must be population growth ( peuplication ).

Works

Bucek's most noteworthy work was his Treatise from the Police (1778).

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Butscheck Ritter von Heraltitz, Joseph Ignaz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, p. 218 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Josef Ignác Buček (Czech)