Leopold Johann Nepomuk von Sacher
Leopold Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Sacher (born December 26, 1797 in Lemberg , † September 10, 1874 in Bruck an der Mur ) was an Austrian civil servant , natural scientist and promoter of scientific education. He acted as a patron through donations to several scientific institutions .
Life
Leopold Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Sacher studied in Galicia . After his training he took on tasks in the Austrian civil service in his crown country . First he worked as district commissioner between 1826 and 1828 in Tarnopol in eastern Galicia and from 1829 to 1830 in Bochnia . After these first two stages of his administrative career, he was appointed police director of Lemberg in 1831 . He held this position until 1847.
His keen interest in science developed in Galicia. This was expressed in an early passion for collecting beetles, for which he received suggestions from Alexander Zawadzkí (1798–1868). Its collections also included geological and paleontological exhibits of this region. With this fund he supported Rudolf Kner's early research in this area in Eastern Galicia.
In 1848 he was transferred to Prague, where he was appointed city governor . In this city, the many-sided interested civil servant came together with a large number of educated citizens. From this his membership in the natural history association "Lotos" , founded in 1848, developed , in which he worked from 1849 to 1854 as president (chairman). His friendship with Joachim Barrande , who also lives in Prague, was expressed , for example, in joint excursions to fossil-rich outcrops in the south-west of Prague. His work Système silurien du center de la Bohême (1st volume, 1852) was created with the help of pieces from Sacher's large collection.
Sacher's extensive collecting activities and expertise made him a valued partner for well-known institutions of his time. In this way, donations in kind from him ended up in the collections of the Bohemian State Museum in Prague, the kk Hof-Naturalienkabinette and the kk geological imperial institute in Vienna. Donations also enriched the collection of the Landesmuseum Johanneum in Graz . He was referred to as "an intellectual man of high standing who always showed keen interest in everything beautiful, in natural sciences, literature, languages [...] and knew how to gather people of intellectual and artistic importance around him".
Awards and memberships
- Honorary citizen of the cities of Prague and Lviv
- full member of the Society of the National Museum in Bohemia
- Honorary member of the natural history association “Lotos” in Prague
- Member of the Moravian-Silesian Society for Regional Studies / Natural History Section
- Member of the Bohemian Horticultural Society in Prague
- Member of the Natural Science Association for Styria in Graz
- Correspondent of the Imperial Geological Institute in Vienna
- Member of the Entomological Association in Stettin
- Member of the German Geological Society , Berlin
Personal
He was the son of the civil servant Johann Nepomuk Stephan Ritter von Sacher . In 1829 he married Caroline Masoch (1802-1870). She was the daughter of the former rector at the University of Lemberg , Franz Seraphicus Masoch (1763-1845). Due to the early death of his only son, his father-in-law wanted his son-in-law to continue the name Masoch. This concern required an imperial permit, which was granted in 1838. Since that time, Sacher has carried the name of Sacher-Masoch .
His son Leopold von Sacher-Masoch became a well-known writer who in several works described the painful and submissive behavior of men in relationships with women, which eventually led to the term masochism for such preferences. As a child and adolescent, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch often accompanied his father's natural history excursions.
literature
Matthias Svojtka: Collectors as Pioneers of Scientific Knowledge - Case Studies Leopold Johann Nepomuk von Sacher-Masoch (1797–1874) and Karl Eggerth (1861–1888) . (PDF; 292 kB) In: Reports of the Federal Geological Institute , Volume 45, Vienna 2009, pp. 40–43, ISSN 1017-8880
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hulda von Sacher-Masoch: Memories of Sacher-Masoch . In: Wiener Leben , vol. 41, no. 10 (from April 17, 1910), pp. 1–3.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sacher, Leopold Johann Nepomuk from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sacher, Leopold Johann Nepomuk Ritter von; Sacher-Masoch, Leopold Johann Nepomuk Ritter von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian civil servant and naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1874 |
| Place of death | Bruck an der Mur |