Joseph von Weber (natural scientist)
Joseph von Weber (born September 23, 1753 in Rain , † February 14, 1831 in Augsburg ) was a German scientist and Catholic clergyman .
Weber spent part of his youth in Bingen , where his uncle worked as a pastor. In 1764 he moved to the grammar school in the Benedictine monastery of Heilig Kreuz in Donauwörth , where he became a student of Beda Mayr . From 1770 to 1772 he studied at the Jesuit College in Augsburg , moved to the University of Dillingen from 1773 to 1777 and was ordained a priest in 1776 . In the following years he acquired doctoral degrees in theology and philosophy . First he worked in Dillingen , later in Ingolstadt and Landshut as a professor of physics and chemistry . He was also active as an author of scientific works. In 1778 he published a work on an air electrophor that he had invented .
In 1811 Joseph Weber became pastor in Wittislingen , in 1817 dean. From 1821 he held various leading offices in the diocese of Augsburg . He was cathedral capitular , vicar general and cathedral dean and was raised to the personal nobility in 1826 by being awarded the Knight's Cross from the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown . Weber also wore the Bavarian Order of Ludwig and was an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1821 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In the Great Cathedral in Augsburg , a memorial stone at the Domdekan and vicar general recalls. In his hometown Rain, Josef-Weber-Strasse has been named in his honor since 1946.
literature
- News of death in: daily mail for the district capital Augsburg , February 16, 1831, p. 211 ( digitized version )
- New Nekrolog der Deutschen , Volume 17, year 1831, Part 1, Ilmenau 1833, pp. 140–157 ( digitized version )
- Franz Heinrich Reusch : Weber, Joseph von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 316-318.
- Johannes Madey : Joseph von Weber (natural scientist). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 1527-1528.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Thaddä Anselm Rixner : History of philosophy among the Catholics in Old Bavaria, Bavarian Swabia and Bavarian Franconia. Franz, Munich 1835, p. 105f., Esp. Note ( limited preview in Google book search)
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Joseph Weber
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SURNAME | Weber, Joseph von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weber, Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic clergyman and scientist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1753 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rain |
DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1831 |
Place of death | augsburg |