Philipp Adam Ulrich

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Philipp Adam Ulrich (born May 24, 1692 in Lauda ; † November 8, 1748 in Würzburg ) was a German legal scholar and agricultural reformer.

Life

Ulrich's birthplace in Laudaer Rathausstrasse

Ulrich obtained his doctorate in law at the University of Würzburg in 1712 and later worked there as a full professor of (civil) rights and councilor . However, he became known for his agricultural experiments. Ulrich established the potato as a forage plant and grew it on the agricultural model estates Herleshof and Wöllriederhof . In addition to growing potatoes, he also introduced growing clover.

Philipp Adam Ulrich died on November 8, 1748 and was buried in St. Peter and Paul . Several streets in the Würzburg region are named after him.

Ulrich as the namesake

  • Philipp-Adam-Ulrich-Strasse, in Lauda
  • Dr.-Ulrich-Straße, in Tauberbischofsheim
  • Ulrichstraße, in the Frauenland district of Würzburg

literature

  • Theodor Henner:  Ulrich, Philipp Adam . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 259.
  • Ernst Schubert : On Oberthür's biography of Philipp Adam Ulrich. In: Otto Volk (Ed.): Professor Franz Oberthür, Personality and Work. Neustadt ad Aisch 1966 (= sources and contributions to the history of the University of Würzburg. Volume 2), pp. 131–148.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Oberthür : Philipp Adam Ulrichs, former public teacher of civil rights at the high school in Wirzburg life story. Rienner, Würzburg 1784.
  2. ↑ Philipp Adam Ulrichs, Professor zu Würzburg, great benefactor of his contemporaries and descendants through the introduction of clover and potato cultivation. In: Johann Caspar Bundschuh : Manifolds […]. Volume 2, 1808, pp. 88-101.
personal data
SURNAME Ulrich, Philipp Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1692
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauda
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1748
Place of death Wurzburg