Julius Schnauß

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Julius Carl Schnauß (* July 7, 1827 in Weimar ; † December 6, 1895 in Jena ) was a German photographer , studio manager, chemist and specialist book author from Thuringia .

Life

Julius Schnauß was born in Weimar in 1827. When his father, Karl August Constantin Schnauß, Grand Ducal Councilor and State Tax Office in Weimar, died in 1832, his mother moved to Rudolstadt with her son Julius . There he attended the princely high school. In 1843 the family returned to Weimar. Even then, Julius Schnauß was interested in chemistry and physics. He studied physics and chemistry in Jena from 1847 to 1849. In 1849 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. From 1852 to 1867 he ran a studio for portrait photography . In 1854 he set up the Photographic-Chemical Institute in Jena. In 1857 he founded the General German Photographers Association . He belonged to numerous learned societies. Schnauß was hard of hearing, completely deaf in the last years of his life. For this reason, he also dealt with sign languages and finger alphabets . In Jena he last lived at Teichgraben 11.

His special achievement is that he wrote numerous early publications on photography, including handbooks and lexicons, some of which have been translated into English and have appeared in several editions.

Schnauß is named as a photographer in the first address book of the city of Jena from 1862, alongside Carl Schenk and Wilhelm Müller; Before that, Ernst Haeckel's son Walter reported in his childhood memories that "Schenk and Schnauß [...] were the first photographers in Jena around the mid-1850s". Schnauß died on December 6, 1895 in Jena.

Julius Schnauß was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1862 .

Works

  • Collotype and Photo-lithography. Practically elaborated by Dr. Julius Schnauss ... Translated with the Author's sanction and assistance by Edwin C. Middleton. London: Iliffe and Son, 1889.
  • Catechism of Photography or Instructions for Making Photographic Images. In addition to an alphabetical index of the German, Latin, French and English names of photographic chemicals and natural products by Julius Schnauß. Leipzig: Weber, 1861.
  • Catechism of Photography or Instructions for Making Photographic Images. In addition to an alphabetical index of the German, Latin, French and English names of photographic chemicals and natural products; with 34 illustrations by Julius Schnauß printed in the text. 4., according to the latest advances verb. Aufl. Leipzig: Weber, 1888 (Weber's illustrated catechisms; 40).
  • Guide to Photography: Instructions for creating photographic images. 5th, verb. Edition Leipzig: Weber, 1895.
  • Collotype printing and photolithography. Based on my own experience and those of the first authorities, practically edited. by Julius Schnauss. 5th, presumably edition Düsseldorf: Liesegang, 1892.
  • Photographic Lexicon. An alphabetical reference book for the practical photographer as well as for painters, chemists, technicians, opticians etc. based on the latest advances; with partial use of Sutton's Dictionary of Photography and taking into account the latest German, English and French literature as well as own experiences. Edited by Julius Schnauss. Leipzig: Spamer, 1860.
  • Photographic Lexicon. Alphabetical reference book for the practical photographer as well as for painters, chemists, technicians, opticians etc. based on the latest advances; taking into account the latest German, English and French literature and personal experience. Edited by Julius Schnauss. 3., reworked. and probably edition Halle ad S .: Knapp, 1882.
  • Photographic Pocket Lexicon: A reference book for professional and amateur photographers; plus vocabulary, German, English, French, Latin. Edited by Julius Schnauss. Halle / S .: Knapp, 1893.

literature

  • BW Feddersen and AJ von Oettingen (eds.): JC Poggendorff's biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences , containing evidence of the living conditions and achievements of mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, chemists, mineralogists, geologists, geographers and the like. s. w. aller Völker und Zeiten, Barth, Leipzig 1897–1898, Vol. III: 1858–1883. Part 1–2.
  • Julius Friedrich Karl Schnauss. In: Gitta Günther (Ed.) U. a .: Weimar. Lexicon on city history. 2., verb. Ed., Böhlau, Weimar, 1998, p. 388.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julius Schnauß: A word about the sign languages ​​in general and about a practical finger alphabet in particular. With two lithographed images. Jena: Döbereiner, 1850.
  2. ^ Walter Haeckel: Alt Jena. Childhood memories . Jena 1931, p. 12.
  3. ^ Member entry of Julius Carl Schnauss at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 18, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Schnauß, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schnauß, Julius Carl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, photographer and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1895
Place of death Jena