Moritz Alois Becker

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Moritz Alois Becker (1858)

Moritz Alois Becker , from 1867 Moritz Alois Ritter von Becker (born May 21, 1812 in Mährisch Altstadt , † August 22, 1887 in Lienz ), was an Austrian educator .

Life

Mori (t) z Alois Becker studied philosophy and education in Vienna from 1828 to 1832 and was tutor to Prince Liechtenstein from 1840 . From 1850 he worked for the state school board of Lower Austria and earned services to improve the teaching system. In 1864 he became the teacher of Crown Prince Rudolf and his sister Archduchess Gisela . In 1864 he was a co-founder of the Lower Austria Regional Studies Association.

In 1869 he became director of the royal. Family Fideikomißbibliothek today part of the national library . He was also Vice President of the Geographical Society , and in 1872 he retired as a councilor .

Residing at Rennweg 18, Becker worked as a temporary employee of the daily newspaper Die Presse, in particular with issues relating to the Vienna district of Landstrasse .

Works (selection)

  • - (Ed.): The Ötscher and its area. From my own observation and previously unused sources drawn from several friends of regional studies .
    • (Volume 1/2 :) Travel guide for visitors to Ötscher . Grund, Vienna 1859. - Full text online
    • (Volume 2/2 :) History and Topography . Grund, Vienna 1860. - Full text online
  • The collections of the united family and private library S (ein) r M (ajestät) des Kaiser . Four volumes. Holzhausen, Vienna 1873–1882, OBV .
  • Topography of Lower Austria . Eight volumes. Publishing house of the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria, Vienna 1876–1926, OBV .
  • Scattered leaves . Konegen, Vienna 1880. - archive.org .
  • - (Ed.): Hernstein in Lower Austria . 3 parts. Holder u. a., Vienna 1885–1889, OBV .
    • Josef von Zahn: History of Hernstein in Lower Austria and the associated goods Starhemberg and Emmerberg . Holzhausen, Vienna 1889. - archive.org .
  • Pastime. - Just rest. Johann Nestroy , a biographical-critical sketch. In: Vincenz Chiavacci (Hrsg.) And Ludwig Ganghofer (Hrsg.): Johann Nestroy's collected works . Volume 12. Bonz, Stuttgart 1891. - Full text online

literature

  • Becker, Moritz Alois from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 62.
  • Thomas Huber-frischis: Moritz Alois von Becker as librarian The family entails library of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen in the phase of reform and opening to the outside world. In: Yearbook for regional studies of Lower Austria. New episode. Volume 84, 2018, pp. 265-289.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official part. In:  Wiener Zeitung , No. 290/1867, December 8, 1867, p. 1, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
  2. ↑ a b Personal Lexicon of the Federal Monuments Office
  3. ↑ Handbook d. histor. Book stocks in D, University of Göttingen
  4. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) Hofrath Ritter v (on) Becker †. In:  Die Presse , No. 230/1887 (XL. Year), August 22, 1887, p. 2, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Moritz Alois
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Becker, Moritz Alois from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian educator
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Moravian old town
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1887
Place of death Lienz , East Tyrol