Joseph Partsch

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Joseph Partsch (born July 4, 1851 in Schreiberhau , Lower Silesia , † June 22, 1925 in Bad Brambach , Vogtland ) was a German geographer and university professor .

Life

Partsch studied from 1869 to 1874 classical philology , history and geography at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau . Carl Neumann was one of his teachers . In 1874 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. His habilitation in the following year, he was a private lecturer in geography in Breslau in 1875/76 . In 1876 he was appointed associate professor for geography and ancient history. Full professor since 1884 , Partsch was elected rector for the academic year 1899/1900 . In his rector's speech on October 15, 1899, he dealt with the geographical work of the 19th century. In 1905 he moved to the University of Leipzig . After 17 years of service, he retired in 1922 .

Partsch was one of the most important geographers at the turn of the century. One of his focal points was Greece and especially the Greek islands, which he investigated with the help of geographical and ancient philological methods (monographs on Corfu , Leukas , Kephallenia and Ithaca ). He made significant contributions to the study of the Ice Age by subjecting the mountains of the High Tatras and the Black Forest to geological studies. Josef Partsch was a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences (since 1901), a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences (since 1906), a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (since 1909) and the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (since 1922) , extraordinary (1914) and since 1920 external member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences , honorary doctorate from the Universities of Geneva and Athens and holder of the Carl-Ritter-Medal of the Society for Geography in Berlin .

His son is the legal scholar Joseph Aloys August Partsch . The lawyer Karl Josef Partsch , the media scientist Marianne Grewe-Partsch and the biologist Karl Partsch are his grandchildren.

Partsch's extensive estate is kept in the archive of the Leipzig Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography.

Fonts

  • Africae veteris itineraria explicantur et emendantur . Pressburg 1874.
  • The representation of Europe in the geographical work of Agrippa. A contribution to the history of geography . Breslau [1875?]
  • Physical geography of Greece, with special reference to antiquity . Revised manuscript by Carl Neumann. Wroclaw 1885.
  • The island of Corfu. A geographical monograph . Gotha 1887.
  • Philipp Clüver, the founder of historical geography. A contribution to the history of geographical science . Vienna 1891.
  • with Richard Kiepert: German Colonial Atlas for official use in the protected areas . Berlin 1893.
  • Silesia. A regional study for the German people on a scientific basis . Wroclaw 1896.
  • Central Europe. The countries and peoples from the Western Alps and the Balkans to the Canal and the Curonian Lagoon . Gotha 1904.
  • The High Tatras during the Ice Age . Leipzig 1923.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dissertation: Africa veteris itineraria emendantur et explicantur
  2. ^ Habilitation thesis: The representation of Europe in the geographical works of Agrippa
  3. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)
  4. ↑ 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. 185.
  5. ↑ See overview ( memento of November 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) with finding aid on the institute's website.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Partsch, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer and university professor; Rector in Wroclaw
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Schreiberhau , Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1925
Place of death Bad Brambach , Vogtland