Mathias Metternich
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Mathias Metternich | |
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Born | 8 May 1747 |
Died | 13 September 1825 |
Alma mater | University of Mainz University of Göttingen University of Erfurt |
Occupation(s) | Mathematician Revolutionary |
Spouse |
Sophie Friederike Treffz
(m. 1808) |
Mathias Metternich (8 May 1747 – 13 September 1825) was a German mathematician and professor at the University of Mainz. As a revolutionary, he was active in the Republic of Mainz.
Early life and education
Metternich was born on 8 May 1747 in Steinefrenz, a village in the Electorate of Trier close to Montabaur.[1] He was born into a family of farmers who had lived in the area since the 17th century.[2] Supported by a nobleman, the count of Waldersdorff, Metternich was able to study at the Jesuit gymnasium in Hadamar.[2] In 1770, he went to Mainz, where he was educated as an elementary school teacher at the normal school.[3] He became a teacher at the school of the St Emmeran's Church, Mainz and in 1780 at the normal school.[1] He also studied mathematics at the University of Mainz from 1780 and at the University of Göttingen from 1784, where he studied with Abraham Gotthelf Kästner.[4][5] In 1786, he obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Erfurt, with a thesis about friction.[3][6] While teaching at the normal school, he was a member of the Illuminati in Mainz.[7]
Professor and revolutionary
Metternich became professor of mathematics and experimental physics in Mainz in 1786.[1] He also became a member of the Churfürstlich Mayntzische Academie nützlicher Wissenschaften , the academy of applied sciences in Erfurt.[8] In 1789, his work about friction won a prize from the Societas Jablonoviana in Leipzig.[4][9] He was a member of the Mainzer Gelehrte Lesegesellschaft , a reading society, and openly supported the French Revolution. In 1791, Metternich and his colleague Andreas Joseph Hofmann initiated a split in the reading society, which separated into a democratic and an aristocratic part.[10]
In the
Later life
In 1798, Metternich returned to Mainz and became a teacher at the Zentralschule, a successor organisation of the university.[12] Until 1800, he also worked in the administration of the département Mont-Tonnerre.[15] He ceased his political activity in the Napoleonic era.[12] In 1808, Metternich married Sophie Friederike Treffz.[15] One of their children was Germain Metternich, who became a participant in the German revolutions of 1848–1849.[12] Metternich died in Mainz on 13 September 1825.[16]
References
- ^ a b c Schweigard 2005, p. 173.
- ^ a b Lachenicht 2004, p. 478.
- ^ a b Schubring 2005, p. 506.
- ^ a b Cantor 1885.
- ^ Lachenicht 2004, pp. 478–479.
- ^ Metternich 1786.
- ^ Kreutz 1991, p. 138.
- ^ a b Lachenicht 2004, p. 479.
- ^ Metternich 1789.
- ^ Schweigard 2005, pp. 174–175.
- ^ Schweigard 2005, p. 174.
- ^ a b c d Schweigard 2005, p. 175.
- ^ Lachenicht 2004, p. 479–480.
- ^ Lachenicht 2004, p. 480.
- ^ a b Lachenicht 2004, p. 481.
- ^ Scheel 2019, p. 571.
Bibliography
- Cantor, Moritz (1885), "Metternich, Matthias", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 21, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 527
- Kreutz, Wilhelm (1991). "Die Illuminaten des rheinisch-pfälzischen Raums und anderer außerbayerischer Territorien. Eine 'wiederentdeckte' Quelle zur Ausbreitung des radikal aufklärerischen Geheimordens in den Jahren 1781 und 1782". Francia (in German). 18 (2): 115–149. ISSN 2569-5452.
- Lachenicht, Susanne (2004). Information und Propaganda Die Presse deutscher Jakobiner im Elsaß (1791-1800) (Reprint 2014 ed.). Berlin/Boston. )
- Metternich, Matthias (1786). Dissertatio Inavgvralis Physico-Mathematica De Frictione. Erfordiae: Nonne.
- Metternich, Matthias (1789). Von dem Widerstande der Reibung (in German).
- Scheel, Heinrich (2019). Die Mainzer Republik 3 : Die erste bürgerlich-demokratische Republik auf deutschem Boden. München. OCLC 1102794895.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Schubring, Gert (2005). Conflicts between generalization, rigor, and intuition : number concepts underlying the development of analysis in 17th–19th century France and Germany. New York: Springer. OCLC 76822576.
- Schweigard, Jörg (2005). Die Liebe zur Freiheit ruft uns an den Rhein: Aufklärung, Reform und Revolution in Mainz (in German). Katz. ISBN 978-3-925825-89-7.