Ignaz Cornova
Ignaz Cornova (25 July 1740 – 25 July 1822) was a
Life
Ignaz Cornova was born and died in
From his own subsequently published correspondence it appears that Cornova was working as a school teacher well before the conclusion of his university studies. He started teaching at the Jesuit
The outlawing of the Jesuits which became effective in the Habsburg territories during 1773 deeply impacted Cornova's career, but he was able to return to Prague and obtain a post teaching humanities at the "Altstädter Gymnasium" (secondary school) in the city for ten years till 1784.[1] It was during this period that he received his doctorate on philosophy.[5] Then, between 1784 and 1794, he held a professorship in history at the university.[1] During this time, in 1790, he accepted an appointment as dean of the philosophy faculty.[8] In 1791 he was made a member of the Royal Bohemian Society ("Regia Societas Scientiarum Bohemica"). After 1795 he supported himself as a private educator, while composing lyric poems in the style of Klopstock.
Works
Cornova's principal contribution to historical scholarship is the new edition of Pavel Stránský's Respublica Bojema (1634) and the translation of it into German, adding numerous supplementary notes.[9] His further publications included a monograph about Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic. His surviving works on philosophy include handwritten lecture notes about the methodologies of history teaching at Prague University.
Although Ignaz Cornova was influenced by Voltaire, but an earlier and more profound influence came from Herder, who impacted his approach to the role of the Slavic nations.[10] The historical developments of the "Enlightenment" he viewed as a series of stages in the unfolding of historical events which could be attributed to the natural laws governing human development. He also recognised that the well-being and condition of a state depended on the well-being of its citizens and their understanding of morality.
References
- ^ Constantin von Wurzbach (compiler) (1858). "Cornova, Ignaz (Schriftsteller und Mitglied der königl. böhm. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, geb. zu Prag 25. Juli 1740, gest. 25. Juli 1822)". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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- ^ a b Christian-Carl Andre (2 November 1822). Ignaz Cornova. Gastl. pp. 1050–1051.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b Ignaz Cornova (1818). Lebensgeschichte Johann Karls Grafen Krakowsky von Kolowrat. Gottlieb Haase. pp. 7–8.
- ^ a b Ignaz Cornova (1804). Die Jesuiten als Gymnasiallehrer, in freundschaftlichen Briefen an den k. k. Kämmerer ... Grafen von Lažanzky. pp. 4, 21.
- ^ Bern Bolzano (1837). Leben Franz Jos. Ritters von Gerstner. p. 4.
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- ^ Kaiserlich königlicher Schematismus für das Königreich Böheim auf das gemeine Jahr ... Schönfeld. 1821. p. 458.
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