Ludwig Valrad Medicus ( German: Ludwig Walrad [Wallrad, Wallrath] Medicus ; , - , ) - professor of agriculture, forestry and mining sciences; Rector of Landshut University (1812-1815).
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| Rector of Landshut University | |
| Start of authority | 1812 |
| Termination of authority | 1815 |
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| Scientific field | agriculture, forestry |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) |
| Academic rank | Professor |
Biography
Born August 8, 1771 in Mannheim; there he received school education [1] .
In 1789-1791 he studied cameralistics , mathematics, mineralogy and mining in Heidelberg and the Hamburg Academy of Commerce , in 1792-1794 - forestry in the Rhine-Palatinate (near Kling) and in Württemberg (under ) [1] [2] . His first publication, Die Stallfütterung, was awarded the first prize of the Patriotic Society in Nuremberg . In 1794 he traveled across all the cantons of Switzerland, the results of which he published in the book "Bemerkungen über die Alpen-Wirthschaft ..." [1].
In 1795-1803, he was an extraordinary professor of agriculture and the cameral encyclopedia of the State in Heidelberg; Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa [2] . At the same time - a member of the Higher Mining Council in Mannheim [1] .
In 1804 [K 1] —1806 he was an ordinary professor of agriculture and forestry and mining sciences in the Department of State Economics of the University of Würzburg named after Julius and Maximilian [1] [2] .
In 1806-1826 - professor of agriculture, mining sciences and forestry at the Ludwig and Maximilian University in Landshut (in 1812-1815 - rector, in 1817-1818 - vice-rector of the university) [1] [2] .
In 1826-1850 - professor of agriculture, forestry and technology after the transfer of the University named after Ludwig and Maximilian to Munich [1] [2] . Since 1828 - a court adviser [1] . In the 1820s, he participated in the creation of the Bavarian Agricultural Union and became a member of its general committee [1] .
Family
Father - Friedrich Casimir Medicus (1736-1808), Director of the Botanical Garden in Mannheim; mother - Carolina (nee Koch, German Caroline Koch ;? - 1814, Mannheim), daughter of an adviser to the military court in Mannheim [3] [4] .
Brothers and sister [4] :
- Friedrich, captain of Bavaria ;
- Louise, married to Metzger ( German: Mezger ), adviser to the archive in Manheim;
- Karl, Lieutenant in Munich.
Wife (from 11.5.1811) - Johann Carolina ( German: Johanna Caroline Langsdorff ; 18.8.1789, Gerabron - 10.10.1828), daughter of K. H. Langsdorf (1757-1834), physicist, mathematician, professor at the University of Heidelberg [3] ;
- children [3] :
- Maximilian Ludwig ( German: Maximilian Ludwig ; 31.5.1812 -?);
- (1813-1893), pomologist , director of the institute in Wiesbaden ;
- Cristina ( German: Christine ; 30.5.1816 - 11.2.1890), married to the attache and state adviser von Martini ( German: von Martini );
- Wilhelm ( German: Wilhelm ; 1817 [1819?] -?), Ph.D., entomologist, ornithologist; school teacher, professor of natural sciences at the district school, conservator of the Museum of Natural History in Kaiserslautern , honorary member of Pollichia ; married to Felicit Lentz ( German: Felicitas Lentz );
- Carl Ludwig Ferdinand ( German: Carl Ludwig Ferdinand ; 1818-1900), Doctor of Law, Land Commissar in Bergzabern , from 1871 - District Assistant in Kaiserslautern, from 1879 - Advisor to the Bavarian Administrative Court; Married to Marie Klossmann ( German: Marie Clossmann );
- Gustav ( German: Gustav ; 11/23/1821, Landshut - not earlier than 1897), chief engineer and director of paper mills at the München-Dachauer Papierfabriken AG, owner of Medicus & v. Heyde "in Munich; married to Caroline Rösl ( German: Caroline Rösl ), daughter of a courtyard seal holder [5] ;
- Emil Friedrich Heinrich ( German: Emil Friedrich Heinrich ; 08/14/1826, Landshut - 1910), pastor in Lambrecht , Kalbensteinberg ;
- grandson - (1847-1915), professor of pharmacy and technology in Würzburg.
Scientific activity
Corresponding Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences [1] .
Selected Works
- Bemerkungen über die Alpen-Wirthschaft auf einer Reise durch die Schweiz gesammlet von Ludwig Wallrath Medicus. - Leipzig: Gräff, 1795.
- Forsthandbuch, oder Anleitung zur deutschen Forstwissenschaft. - Tübingen: Cotta, 1802.
- Entwurf eines Systems der Landwirthschaft. - Heidelberg: Mohr und Zimmer, 1809.
- Theses camerales. - Monachium, 1834.
- Über den Gesichtspunkt, aus welchem der akademische Unterricht in der Landwirthschaft zu betrachten. - Abtheil. 1. - Würzburg etc., 1804.
- Versuch einer Skizze der ökonomisch-politischen Encyklopädie. - Leipzig, 1797.
- Von dem nachtheiligen Einfluß der Schäfereyen. - Mannheim, 1802.
- Zur Geschichte des künstlichen Futterbaues oder des Anbaues der vorzüglichsten Futterkräuter, Wiesenklee, Luzerne, Esper, Wecke und Spergel. - Nürnberg, 1829.
Rewards
- the honorary cross of the (12.20.1845).
Comments
- ↑ The sources [2] also indicate 1803.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Leisewitz C., 1885 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lehrstuhl für Forstliche Wirtschaftslehre .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Hessische Biografie .
- ↑ 1 2 Medicus, Friedrich Casimir (German) . Hessische Biografie . Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde (18. Dezember 2017). Circulation date May 21, 2019.
- ↑ Gustav Medicus (German) . Digitales Archiv für Familiengeschichte. Circulation date May 21, 2019.
Literature
- . Medicus, Ludwig Wallrad : [ him. ] // Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. - 1885. - Bd. 21. - S. 168-170.
Links
- Medicus, Ludwig Wallrad (German) . Hessische Biografie . Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde (6. Januar 2019). Circulation date May 21, 2019
- Prof. Dr. Ludwig Walrad Medicus (German) . Lehrstuhl für Forstliche Wirtschaftslehre . Technische Universität München. Circulation date May 20, 2019