Joseph Tiefenthaler
Joseph Tiefenthaler (also "Tieffenthaler" or "Tieffentaller") (born August 27, 1710 in Bozen , † July 5, 1785 in Lucknow ) was a Jesuit missionary and was one of the first geographers to describe India . After the abolition of the Jesuit order, he remained in India.
Works
- Descriptio Indiæ
- Cursus Gangæ fluvi Indiæ maximi, inde Priaga seu Elahbado Calcuttam usque ope acus magneticæ exploratus atque litteris mandatus a JTSJ
- “The Father Joseph Tieffenthaler the Elder. Ges. Jesu. and apost. Missionary in India historical-geographical description of Hindustan ... ”(3 vol., Quarto, Berlin, Gotha, 1785–87).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Tieffenthaler, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 45th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1882, p. 141 ( digitized version ).
- NOTI. "Jos. Tieffentaller, SJ, A Forgotten Geographer of India “(Mumbai, 1906).
- SIN, SN, Tieffenthaler on latitudes and longitudes in India, in "Indian Journal of the History of Science", Vol. 17, 1982, pp. 1-17.
Individual proof
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tiefenthaler, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tieffenthaler, Joseph; Tieffentaller, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jesuit missionary and geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1710 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolzano |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1785 |
| Place of death | Lucknow |