Karl Daniel Reusch

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Karl Daniel Reusch (born April 28, 1735 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † August 28, 1806 there ) was a German physicist and librarian.

Life

The son of Christian Friedrich Reusch (* October 20, 1695 - † February 22, 1742), pastor of the old town of Königsberg, was enrolled at the University of Königsberg on March 24, 1750. In 1753 he participated as a respondent to Jacob Friedrich Werner's appointment dissertation Prudentia politica a L. Junio ​​Bruto, antequam obtinuit consulatum . He was a student of Immanuel Kant , his frequent table companion and was on friendly terms with him. In order to embark on an academic career, he acquired the degree of master's degree in philosophy on September 15, 1763 and was appointed to the faculty of philosophy on October 5 of the same year.

In 1772 he became a full professor of physics in Königsberg, in 1773 second librarian of the Königsberg university library and in 1778 first librarian of the same. In 1780 he was appointed inspector of the alumni and the Collegium Albertinum . As a university lecturer in Königsberg, he also took part in the university's organizational tasks. He was rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semesters of 1790, 1796 and 1804 .

family

He had seven children from his marriage to a daughter of the pharmacist Heinrich Hagen (1709–1772), who at the same time became his table companion and friend, the polymath and court pharmacist Karl Gottfried Hagen . However, only the father survived three sons. These were:

  • Karl Wilhelm Georg Reusch (born February 3, 1776, † December 4, 1813) was the city physician in Königsberg and associate professor of medicine
  • Johann Theodor Reusch (born August 18, 1783) became a pharmacist on the Sackheim in Königsberg
  • Christian Friedrich Reusch (born November 25, 1778, † April 25, 1848) became a royal secret councilor

Works

  • Diss. Metaphysica, Summi principii philosophici unitatem evincens. Koenigsberg 1763
  • Meditationes physicae circa systemata Euleri & Newtoni de luce & coloribus. Koenigsberg 1772
  • Dissertatio physica theoriam aeris fixi proponens. Koenigsberg 1776
  • Aëris atmospherici phaenomena quaedam ex theoria de aëre fixo illustrate. Koenigsberg 1777
  • Should mere existence already be beneficence? Koenigsberg

literature

  • Johann Christian Poggendorff : Biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences, containing evidence of living conditions and achievements of mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, chemists, mineralogists, geologists, etc. of all peoples and times. Verlag Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig, 1863, 2nd vol., Sp. 611, ( online )
  • Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland or lexicon of the now living German writers. Verlag Meyerische Buchhandlung, Lemgo, 1798, vol. 6, p. 320, ( online ), 1811, vol. 15, p. 144, ( online );
  • Karl Heinrich Bartisius: Christian Friedrich Reusch. A picture of life. In: Rudolf Reicke, Ernst Wichert: Old Prussian monthly to reflect provincial life in literature, art, science and industry. Verlag Albert Rosbach, Königsberg in Prussia, 1865, 2nd volume, p. 126, ( online )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ other sources August 27th
personal data
SURNAME Reusch, Karl Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1806
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)