Leopold Biwald (born February 26, 1731 in Vienna; diedSeptember 8, 1805 in Graz) was professor at the University of Graz.
At the age of 16 Biwald joined the Jesuits. He became teacher of rhetoric at a secondary school in Laibach and graduated as Dr. theol. 1761 he became professor of logic and soon afterwards of physics at the University of Graz. 1786-1787 and 1798-1799 he was rector of this university.
His bus, which was made in 1807 by Johann Martin Fischer, is now standing in the main reading room of the University Library of Graz.
Works
edit- Theoria philosophiae naturalis, redacta ad unam legem virium in natura existentium auctore J. R. Boscovich S. J. ab ipo perpolita et aucta. Ex prima Editione Veneta com Catalogo operum ejus ad annum 1763. Graz 1765
- De objectivi Micrometri usu in Planetarum diametris metiendis. Exercitatio optico-astronomica habita in Coll. P. P. S. J. Rome 1765; Graz 1768.
- Physica generalis et particularis quam auditorium philosophiae usibus accomodavit Leopoldus Biwald etc. etc. Graz 1766; 2nd ed. 1769; 3rd ed. 1774. (At that time a very popular textbook of physics)
- Selectae ex amoenitatibus academicis Caroli Linnaei dissertationes ad universam naturalem historiam pertinentes, quas edidit et additamentis auxit L. B. e. S. J. Graz 1764
- Disseratatio de studii physici perpetuis mediis et cum scientiis reliquis nexu. 1767
Literature
edit- Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich Vol. I. 1856.