Johann Georg
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Johann Georg, or its variant spellings, may refer to:
John George
- John George, Elector of BrandenburgJohn George, Elector of BrandenburgJohn George of Brandenburg was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and a Duke of Prussia...
(1525-1598) - John George I, Elector of SaxonyJohn George I, Elector of SaxonyJohn George I was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.-Biography:Born in Dresden, he was the second son of the Elector Christian I and Sophie of Brandenburg....
(1585-1656) - John George II, Elector of SaxonyJohn George II, Elector of SaxonyJohn George was the Elector of Saxony from 1656 to 1680.He was the third but eldest surviving son of the Elector John George I of Saxony and Magdalene Sybille of Prussia, his second spouse....
(1613-1680) - John George III, Elector of SaxonyJohn George III, Elector of SaxonyJohann Georg III was Elector of Saxony from 1680 to 1691.-Early life:Johann Georg was the only son of the Elector Johann Georg II and Magdalene Sybille of Brandenburg-Bayreuth....
(1647-1691) - John George IV, Elector of SaxonyJohn George IV, Elector of SaxonyJohn George IV was Elector of Saxony from 1691 to 1694.He was the eldest son of the Elector John George III and Anna Sophie of Denmark.-First years as elector:...
(1668-1694)
Johann Georg
- Johann Georg AbichtJohann Georg AbichtJohann Georg Abicht was a German Lutheran theologian from Königsee, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.After finishing his studies at the universities of Jena and...
(1672 - 1740), German Lutheran theologian - Johann Georg AlbrechtsbergerJohann Georg AlbrechtsbergerJohann Georg Albrechtsberger was an Austrian musician who was born at Klosterneuburg, near Vienna.He originally studied music at Melk Abbey and philosophy at a Benedictine seminary in Vienna and became one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his age...
(1736 - 1809), Austrian musician - Johann Georg BaiterJohann Georg BaiterJohann Georg Baiter was a Swiss philologist and textual critic.-Life:He was born at Zürich, where he received his early education. He went on in 1818 to the University of Tübingen, but could not afford to stay there, and had to return to Zürich, where for several years he was a private tutor...
(1801 - 1877), Swiss philologist and textual critic - Johann-Georg BendlJohann-Georg BendlJohann-Georg Bendl or Jan Jiří Bendl was a Baroque sculptor mainly at work in Prague. He was the son of the Bohemian sculptor Georg Bendl ....
((before 1620 - 1680), Baroque sculptor mainly at work in Prague - Johann Georg BergmüllerJohann Georg BergmüllerJohann Georg Bergmüller was an important painter, particularly of frescoes, of the Baroque.- Life :Bergmüller was born in Türkheim near Buchloe and received his first artistic education at his father's cabinet making workshop. From 1702 until 1708 he was apprentice to court painter Johann Andreas...
(1688 – 1762), Bavarian, painter, particularly of frescoes of the Baroque - Johann Georg BodmerJohann Georg BodmerJohann Georg Bodmer was a prolific Swiss inventor, making contributions to areas ranging from weaponry to steam engines, textile manufacture, and railroad construction.-References:...
(1786 – 1864), Swiss inventor - Johann Georg, Chevalier de SaxeJohann Georg, Chevalier de SaxeJohann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe , also called Johann Georg of Saxony, was a Saxon Field Marshal and Governor of Dresden....
(1704 - 1774), Saxonian General and Governor of Dresden - Johann Georg Christian LehmannJohann Georg Christian LehmannJohann Georg Christian Lehmann was a German botanist.Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a doctorate in philosophy from he University of Jena in 1814...
(1792 – 1860), German botanist - Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-WeissenfelsJohann Georg, Duke of Saxe-WeissenfelsJohann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and a member of the House of Wettin....
(1677 - 1712), duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and a member of the House of Wettin - Johann Georg EstorJohann Georg EstorJohann Georg Estor , was a German theorist of public law, historian and book collector. To his opinion the Roman Law is strange to the original German law-culture and must be considered as a foreign body.- Life :...
(1699 - 1773), German theorist of public law, historian and book collector - Johann Georg FaustJohann Georg FaustDr. Johann Georg Faust , also known in English as John Faustus , was an itinerant alchemist, astrologer, and magician of the German Renaissance...
(1466? – c. 1540), itinerant alchemist, astrologer and magician of the German Renaissance - Johann Georg FischerJohann Georg FischerJohann Georg Fischer was a German poet and playwright.-Biography:Fischer was born in Groß-Süßen, Württemberg. His father was a carpenter, who died early....
(1816 - 1897), German poet and playwright - Johann Georg GichtelJohann Georg GichtelJohann Georg Gichtel was a German mystic and religious leader who was a critic of Lutheranism. His followers ultimately separated from this faith.-Biography:...
(1638 - 1710), German mystic - Johann Georg GmelinJohann Georg GmelinJohann Georg Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist and geographer.- Early life and education :Gmelin was born in Tübingen, the son of an professor at the University of Tübingen. He was a gifted child and begun attending university lectures at the age of 14. In 1727, he graduated with a medical...
(1709 - 1755), German naturalist, botanist and geographer - Johann Georg GraeviusJohann Georg GraeviusJohann Georg Graevius was a German classical scholar and critic. He was born at Naumburg....
(1632 - 1703), German classical scholar and critic - Johann Georg GraselJohann Georg GraselJohann Georg Grasel was a leader of robber's gang. His name is used in Czech language as common term for rascal or villain until now....
(1790 - 1818), leader of a robber's gang, his name is used in Czech language as common term for rascal or villain - Johann Georg HagenJohann Georg HagenJohann Georg Hagen was an eminent American astronomer and Catholic priest.-Early life:Johann Georg Hagen was born in Bregenz, Austria. He was the son of a school teacher.-Entering the Jesuit Order:...
(1847 – 1930), German astronomer and Catholic priest - Johann Georg HamannJohann Georg HamannJohann Georg Hamann was a noted German philosopher, a main proponent of the Sturm und Drang movement, and associated by historian of ideas Isaiah Berlin with the Counter-Enlightenment.-Biography:...
(1730 - 1788),philosopher of the German (Counter-)Enlightenment - Johann Georg HeineJohann Georg HeineJohann Georg Heine was a German orthopedic mechanic and physician. He is considered the father of Orthopedics in Germany.- From cutler to orthopedic mechanic :...
(1771 – 1838), German orthopedic mechanic and physician - Johann Georg HiedlerJohann Georg HiedlerJohann Georg Hiedler was born to Martin Hiedler and Anna Maria Göschl . He was considered the officially accepted paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler by the Third Reich...
(1792–1857), German, considered the officially accepted grandfather of Adolf Hitler by the Third Reich - Johann Georg JacobiJohann Georg JacobiJohann Georg Jacobi was a German poet.The elder brother of the philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Johann Georg was born at Pempelfort near Düsseldorf. He studied theology at Göttingen and jurisprudence at Helmstedt, and was appointed, in 1766, professor of philosophy in Halle. In this year he...
(1740 - 1814), German poet - Johann Georg KrünitzJohann Georg KrünitzJohann Georg Krünitz was a German encyclopedist who started the 242-volume Oekonomische Encyklopädie and during his lifetime managed to complete its first 72 volumes.-Life:...
(1728 - 1796), German encyclopedist - Johann Georg PalitzschJohann Georg PalitzschJohann Georg Palitzsch was a German astronomer who became famous for recovering Comet 1P/Halley on Christmas Day, 1758...
(1723 – 1788), German astronomer - Johann Georg PisendelJohann Georg PisendelJohann Georg Pisendel was a German Baroque musician, violinist and composer who, for many years, led the Court Orchestra in Dresden, then the finest instrumental ensemble in Europe.-Biography:...
(1687 - 1755), German Baroque musician, violinist and composer - Johann Georg RepsoldJohann Georg RepsoldJohann Georg Repsold was a German astronomer.He joined the fire brigade of Hamburg in 1799. In 1802 he began building a private observatory, and collaborated in astronomical observations with Heinrich Christian Schumacher. However the observatory was destroyed in the Napoleonic Wars in 1811...
(1770 – 1830), German astronomer - Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannJohann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannJohann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann was a Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist, and physician.-Life and works:...
- Johann Georg SpechtJohann Georg SpechtJohann Georg Specht was born in Lindenberg im Allgäu. He was a civil engineer and architect in the south of Germany.Johann Georg Specht trained as a civil engineer with Peter Thumb in Vorarlberg....
(1728 - 1795), Swiss philosophical writer and physician - Johann Georg SulzerJohann Georg SulzerJohann Georg Sulzer was a Swiss professor of Mathematics, who later on moved on to the field of electricity. He was a Wolffian philosopher and director of the philosophical section of the Berlin Academy of Sciences....
(1720 - 1779), Swiss professor of mathematics, who later on moved on to the field of electricity - Johann Georg TrallesJohann Georg TrallesJohann George Tralles was a German mathematician and physicist.He was born in Hamburg, Germany, and was educated at the University of Göttingen beginning in 1783. He became a professor at the University of Bern in 1785...
(1763 – 1822), German mathematician and physicist - Johann Georg von EckhartJohann Georg von EckhartJohann Georg von Eckhart was a German historian and linguist.Eckhart was born at Duingen in the principality of Kalenberg. After preparatory training at Schulpforta, he went to Leipzig, where at first, at the desire of his mother, he studied theology, but soon turned his attention to philology and...
(1664 - 1730), German historian - Johann Georg von HahnJohann Georg von HahnJohann Georg von Hahn was an Austrian diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture....
(1811 - 1869), Austrian diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture - Johann Georg von SoldnerJohann Georg von SoldnerJohann Georg von Soldner was a German physicist, mathematician and astronomer, first in Berlin and later in 1808 in Munich.-Life:...
(1776 - 1833), German physicist, mathematician and astronomer - Johann Georg WaglerJohann Georg WaglerJohann Georg Wagler was a German herpetologist.Wagler was assistant to Johann Baptist von Spix, and became Director of the Zoological Museum at the University of Munich after Spix's death in 1826...
(1800 - 1832), German herpetologist - Johann Georg WalchJohann Georg WalchJohann Georg Walch was a German Lutheran theologian.He was born at Meiningen, where his father, Georg Walch, was general superintendent. He studied at Leipzig and Jena, amongst his teachers being JF Buddeus, whose only daughter he married. He published in 1716 a work, Historia critica Latinae...
(1693 - 1775), German theologian - Johann Georg WirsungJohann Georg WirsungJohann Georg Wirsung was a German anatomist who was a long-time Prosector in Padua.He is remembered for the discovery of the pancreatic duct during the dissection of a man who had been recently hanged for murder...
(1589 - 1643), German anatomist