Moritz Sadebeck

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Benjamin Adolf Moritz Sadebeck (born February 1, 1809 in Reichenbach , † October 16, 1885 in Potsdam ) was a Silesian-Prussian , German teacher, mathematician and geodesist .

Life

Moritz Sadebeck was a son of the Lower Silesian textile merchant Friedrich Sadebeck .

Moritz Sadebeck attended the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau from 1823 to 1829 and then studied at the University of Breslau from 1829 to 1833 . After passing his exam, Sadebeck decided to pursue a career as a teacher. From Michaelis 1833 to January 1835, he initially taught as a trial teacher before he got a permanent position as a teacher at the Maria Magdalenen grammar school in Breslau in February 1835.

On 24 June 1837 he was at the University of Breslau for Dr. phil. PhD .

Sadebeck became a professor of natural history and taught mathematics and physics at the grammar school in Breslau until 1866 .

He later worked as a professor and section head at the Royal Prussian Geodetic Institute in Berlin, where he retired in 1883.

On August 15, 1853, Moritz Sadebeck was admitted to the Leopoldina as a member (matriculation number 1688) with the academic surname Gauss .

In 1882 he became a secret councilor.

The botanist Richard Sadebeck and the mineralogist and geologist Alexander Sadebeck were his sons.

Fonts

  • De curvis in quibis sectiones duarum curvarum secundi gradus, si lege quadum moventur, sese excipiunt . Breslau 1837 digitized
  • The Strehlen Mountains. A physico-geographical description based on mathematical measurements . Gosohorsky (mask), Breslau 1850 digitized
  • The Zobtenberg and its surroundings. a monograph. In: Novorum actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 25, 2, 1856, pp. 553 f. Digitized
  • The earthquake of January 15, 1858, with special consideration of its spread in the province of Prussian Silesia . Gosohorsky (mask), Breslau 1858 digitized
  • Course of development of the degree measurement work and current status of European degree measurement . Habel, Berlin 1876 digitized

literature

  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 279 (archive.org) .
  • Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 186 ( archive.org ).

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personal data
SURNAME Sadebeck, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gauss; Sadebeck, Mauritius; Sadebeck, Benjamin Adolf Moritz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, mathematician and geodesist
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenbach
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1885
Place of death Potsdam