Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus
Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus , also Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus (born October 4, 1723 in Vienna , † April 29, 1798 in Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist and Jesuit .
Life
He began his studies first at the Academic Gymnasium , from 1739 at the University of Vienna . In 1740 he entered the Society of Jesus . Further studies in Leoben (1742), Klagenfurt (from 1743 to 1746), Judenburg (1747), and mathematics again in Vienna from 1748 to 1749 and theology from 1750 to 1753.
After completing his studies in Judenburg in 1754, he taught in Klagenfurt (1755), Linz (1757) and then at the University of the Jesuits in Graz (1758 to 1765). There he was also custodian of the observatory and laid the basis for a collection of natural history . From 1766 to 1771 he worked as a professor of mathematics and physics at the Bergakademie Schemnitz ( Hungary , now Slovakia ).
In 1761 Poda published Insecta Musei Graecensis in Graz , the first purely entomological work that completely followed the nomenclature of Carl von Linné (1707–1778).
After the abolition of the Jesuit order, he settled in Vienna in 1773. From this point on he did not publish anything under his name, but it seems that he is an author or co-author with Ignaz von Born (1742–1791) of the Monachologia ... (1783), under the pseudonym Physiophilus . This is a satire that comes along in the guise of a work of natural history.
Poda was the confessor of Emperor Leopold II .
In addition to a mineral collection, he created an important insect collection that has been lost.
Works
- Nicolaus Poda: Insecta Musei Graecensis , Graz 1761
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Poda von Neuhaus, Nikolaus . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 452 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Correspondence between Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus and Carl von Linné
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poda von Neuhaus, Nicolaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poda von Neuhaus, Nikolaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian entomologist and Jesuit |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1723 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1798 |
| Place of death | Vienna |