Joseph by Herbert
Joseph von Herbert (* 1725 in Klagenfurt ; † March 28, 1794 in Linz ) was an Austrian Jesuit, physicist, writer and canon.
Life
Joseph von Herbert (Herverth, Hervert, Herwerth), born on September 2 or 3, according to other sources on August 26, 1725 in Klagenfurt, as the son of Emperor Karl VI. Franz Edmund von Herbert , who was knighted in 1715, and grandson of the doctor Johann Herbert , with whom the Herbert family (originally Herwerts) immigrated from Paderborn to Carinthia.
He entered the Society of Jesus on October 27, 1740 and in 1754 became a priest and prefect of the Theresian Knight Academy . He made his profession on February 2, 1759. From 1758 to 1783 he was professor of physics at the University of Vienna , on November 16, 1783, after presentation by the University of Canon (Canon) at the Metropolitan Church of St. Stephan, due to the reduction in the number of prebends on August 15, 1786 in the same capacity transferred to Linz. In the academic year 1785/86 he was rector of the University of Vienna. He also made a contribution to the construction of lightning rods .
Works
- Dissertatio de aqua aliorumque nonnullorum corporum fluidorum elasticitate. Vienna 1771; German with Anton Ambschel in Laibach 1778
- Theoria Phenomenorum electricorum, Vienna 1772, verm. And improved. Laibach 1778
- Dissertatio de aere et fluidis ad genus aeris pertinentibus, Vienna 1779
- Dissertatio de fontibus certitudinis, Vienna 1780, Kurzbeck
- Dissertatio de igne, triplicem ejus statum complectens, Vienna 1773
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Herbert, Joseph Ritter von (reference) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1862, p. 350 ( digitized version ).
- Carlos Sommervogel : Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus. Bruxelles [et al.]: Schepens; Picard, 1890-1909, Vol. IV, p. 287
- Hermann Zschokke : History of the Metropolitan Chapter to Saint Stephen in Vienna. Vienna: Konegen, 1895, p. 405, no.586
- Godehard Schwarz: The Philosophical Faculty of the University of Vienna from 1740-1800 with special consideration of the Humaniora. (unedited phil. diss.) Vienna 1966, 77f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herbert, Joseph von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Jesuit, physicist, writer and canon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1725 or September 2, 1725 or September 3, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klagenfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1794 |
| Place of death | Linz |