Eduard Joseph d'Alton

Joseph Wilhelm Eduard d' Alton ( born August 11, 1772 in Aquileia, † May 11, 1840 in Bonn ) was an anatomist, archaeologist, engraver and art critic.

Life

Eduard d' Alton was born in Aquileia in Trieste and grew up in Vienna. He traveled to Italy, lived in Altona ( 1802/ 03) and at the invitation of Karl August of Saxe- Weimar in Tiefurt (1809 /10), where he met Goethe and Lorenz Oken. In July 1816 Alton came at the invitation of Christian Heinrich Pander to Würzburg. The essential content of the book contributions to the development history of the chicken in the Eye had Alton and Ignaz Dollinger.

Alton was appointed without Habilitation at the University of Bonn founded in 1818 in Bonn. In the fall of 1818, he took up his position as an associate professor. One of his first lectures was in the winter semester 1819/20 over the age of classical art and Pericles, in relation to the acquisitions of the Athenian Lord Elgin. Among his most famous students included Prince Albert of Saxe -Coburg and his brother Ernst ( 1837 ) and Karl Marx in the course of art history from the Middle Ages up to the latest time (winter semester 1835/36 ). On January 21, 1827 he was appointed " Associate Professor of Art History". D' Alton died after two years of sore throat on May 11, 1840 in Bonn. From 1818 onwards he was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, in 1831 a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, Department for the Fine Arts.

Family

About the parents of Joseph Eduard d' Alton, there are no exact figures. He is said to have had Irish ancestors. His father was said to be a high Austrian officer and both parents should have died about 1774. The names and dates of both parents are unknown.

D' Alton was with Sophie Friederike Book ( * 1776, † 1852), married. She was the wife of Johann Jacob Casimir Book ( * September 17, 1778, † March 13, 1851 in Frankfurt am Main). When this marriage ended in divorce and when Sophie Friederike D' Alton married, is still unknown. On July 17, 1803 Johann Samuel Eduard book was born in St. Goar. As a father, Johann Jacob Casimir book was specified, specified as one of the witnesses d' Alton. On March 1, 1805 Maria Friederike book was born in Mainz and was baptized on March 11, 1805 in Frankfurt am Main. Both times is given as father Johann Jacob Casimir book. Whether Joseph Eduard d' Alton was the biological father or the adoptive father of these two children, can not be proved with the instruments. It is certain that both children were looking at him as their father. Also in the lexicons item is Johann Samuel Eduard d' Alton called his son.

Quotes

" Saturday April 16, 1825. Had In Goethe table with D' Alton, whose acquaintance I made ​​last summer in Bonn and what I wiederzuseheen great joy. D' Alton is quite a man after Goethe's sense; also there is a very nice relationship between the two. In his science he appears of great importance, so that Goethe worth holding his remarks, noting his every word. Here, D' Alton is as a man amiable, witty, and produce swelling of an eloquence and a wealth of thought that he probably has a few his equal and you will not be tired of listening to him. "

Works

• Natural history of the horse. First Part. The horse and its various races. With engravings. In Commission at the State - Industrie Comptoir, Weimar 1810 digitized
• Anatomy of the horse. The natural history of the horse second part, with engravings. In Commission at the State - Industrie Comptoir, Weimar 1816 digitized
• Copper plates. In Christian Heinrich Pander: Contributions to the history of development of the chick in the Eye. Würzburg 1817
• The sloths and the thick-skinned mapped, described and compared. Bonn 1821
• C. H. Pander and Ed. d ' Alton: Comparative osteology. Eduard Weber, Bonn 1821-1838 The skeletons of cetaceans mapped and described by Dr. E. D' Alton. Eduard Weber, Bonn 1827 digitized

Archives and letters

• Handwritten CV of 30 June 1831st Foundation Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin ( SADK ). Stock Prussian Academy of the Arts ( PrAdK ). Staff news, Fine Arts A-E. # 390
• Alton Friedrich Justin Bertuch September 8, 1811. University and state library Bonn. Signature: S 1239
• Alton Carl Gustav Carus October 30, 1829 Saxon State Library -. State and University Library Dresden. Signature: Mscr.Dresd.h.45, Vol.1, No.4
• Alton at Adelbert von Chamisso. December 28, 1825. Berlin State Library / Manuscripts Department. Signature Nachl. Adelbert von Chamisso, K. 26, No. 3
• Alton to Johann Mathias Heberle March 30, 1824. University and state library Bonn. Signature: S 2612 ( 2)
• Alton to Karl Ludwig von Knebel January 12, 1811. Goethe Museum, Dusseldorf.
• Alton o Sibylle Mertens Schaaffhausen D. University and State Library of Bonn. Signature: S 1239
• Alton to Heinrich Meyer January 20, 1810. Freies Deutsches Bishopric, Frankfurt am Main. Signature: 2825
• Alton to Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus undated University Library < Heidelberg Signature: Heid. 853.7 ms
• Alton at August Wilhelm von Schlegel May 15, 1839; May 17, 1839; May 31, 1840 Saxon State Library -. State and University Library Dresden. Signature: Mscr.Dresd.e.90, XIX, Vol.1, No.9; No. 10; # 11
• Alton April to August Wilhelm von Schlegel 14, 1840. University and state library Bonn.Digitalisat
• Alton to Privy Councillor John Schulze October 9, 1832. Goethe Museum, Dusseldorf. Signature: 3963
• Alton to Amalie Henriette Caroline Voigt three letters from 1814 to 1822. Goethe and Schiller Archive Weimar
• Alton Karl vom Stein to the Old Stone November 16, 1823. University and state library Bonn. Signature S 1239
• Alton Rudolph Weigel December 10, 1833. University and state library Bonn. Signature S 1239
• Alton on December 29, Rudolph Weigel 1833. Bavarian State Library in Munich. Signature: Autogr. Alton, Edward d '
• Alton to K. Weiss. Seven Letters 1835-1837. University and State Library of Bonn. Signature S 1239
• Alton to Goethe September 3, 1822 and October 4, 1826
• Goethe ( concept ) to Alton November 19, 1820
• Goethe at Alton December 28, 1820