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18th-century university teachers

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Ludwig Emil GrimmEngraver · PrintsLudwig Emil Grimm (14 March 1790 – 4 April 1863) was a German painter, art professor, etcher and copper engraver.
Ludwig Gotthard KosegartenPerson · Music memorabiliaLudwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1 February 1758 – 26 October 1818), also known as Ludwig Theobul or Ludwig Theoboul, was a German poet and Lutheran preacher.
Manuel TolsáArtist · PaintingsManuel Vicente Tolsá Sarrión (Enguera, Valencia, Spain, May 4, 1757 – Mexico City, December 24, 1816) was a prolific Neoclassical architect and sculptor in Spain and New Spain.
Marcin ZaleskiArtist · PaintingsMarcin Zaleski (1796 – 16 September 1877) was a Polish painter, a representative of Neoclassicism, considered the greatest Polish vedutist of the 19th century.
Martin GerbertPerson · Music memorabiliaMartin Gerbert (11 August 1720 – 3 May 1793), was a German theologian, historian and writer on music, belonged to the noble family of Gerbert von Hornau, and was born in Horb am Neckar,…
Martin KnollerArtist · PaintingsMartin Knoller (18 November 1725 – 24 July 1804) was an Austrian-Italian painter active in Italy who is remembered for his fresco work.
Matthäus GüntherArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Self-portrait by Günther in a fresco in the Rosary Chapel of the Augustinian Canonry in Markt Indersdorf
Michael FaradayAuthor · BooksMichael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist who contributed vastly to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism.
Mikhail LomonosovArtist · PaintingsMikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (–) was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science.
Nicolai AbildgaardArtist · PaintingsNicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 1809) was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at…
Nicolai EigtvedDesigner · DesignIllustration — Eigtved's drawing for the main portal door at Christiansborg Palace, carved by Louis August le Clerc
Paul EgedeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Paul Hansen Egede
Pedro AlbénizPerson · Music memorabiliaPedro Albéniz y Basanta (14 April 179512 April 1855) was a Spanish pianist and composer. He was unrelated to Isaac Albéniz.
Per Daniel Amadeus AtterbomAuthor · BooksPer Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (19 January 1790 in Åsbo, Östergötland – 21 July 1855) was a Swedish romantic poet, and a member of the Swedish Academy.
Peter MeynDesigner · DesignPeter Meyn (8 April 1749 - 11 April 1808) was a Danish architect.
Peter von CorneliusArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Peter von Cornelius;
Petrus CamperArtist · PaintingsPetrus Camper FRS (11 May 1722 – 7 April 1789), was a Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalist in the Age of…
Pierre-Simon LaplaceAuthor · BooksPierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French polymath, a scholar whose work has been instrumental in the fields of physics, astronomy, mathematics,…
Poul Martin MøllerAuthor · BooksPoul Martin Møller (21 March 1794 – 13 March 1838) was a Danish academic, writer, and poet. During his lifetime, he gained renown in Denmark for his poetry.
Rodolphe KreutzerPerson · Music memorabiliaRodolphe Kreutzer (15 November 1766 – 6 January 1831) was a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas, including La mort d'Abel (1810).
Rodolphe TöpfferArtist · PaintingsRodolphe Töpffer (lang; 31 January 1799 – 8 June 1846) was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist.
Rudolf Erich RaspeAuthor · BooksRudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 – 16 November 1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by his biographer John Patrick Carswell a "rogue".
Samuel AmslerEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Samuel Amsler
Samuel Finley Breese MorseArtist · SculptureSamuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter.
Samuel LindeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Samuel Linde
Simon SechterPerson · Music memorabiliaSimon Sechter (11 October 1788 – 10 September 1867) was an Austrian music theorist, composer, conductor, and organist.
Sir William Hamilton, 9th BaronetAuthor · BooksSir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (8 March 1788 – 6 May 1856) was a Scottish philosopher.
Theodor RehbenitzArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Self-portrait (1840)
Thomas ThorildAuthor · BooksThomas Thorild (Svarteborg, Bohuslän, 18 April 1759 – Greifswald, Swedish Pomerania, 1 October 1808), was a Swedish poet, critic, feminist and philosopher.
Thomas YoungPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Young (13 June 177310 May 1829) was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony,…
Tobias MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesTobias Mayer (17 February 1723 – 20 February 1762) was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon.
Victor CousinAuthor · BooksVictor Cousin (lang; 28 November 179214 January 1867) was a French philosopher. He was the founder of "eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements…
Wilhelm GeseniusAuthor · BooksHeinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (3 February 178623 October 1842) was a German orientalist, lexicographer, Christian Hebraist, Lutheran theologian, Biblical scholar and critic.
Wilhelm von KobellArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Self-portrait with Hat (c.
William BlackstoneAuthor · BooksSir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, justice, and Tory politician most noted for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, which became the…
William Jackson HookerIllustrator · IllustrationWilliam Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under…
William WhewellAuthor · BooksWilliam Whewell (24 May 17946 March 1866) was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Wincenty SmokowskiArtist · SculptureIllustration — Smokowski in 1876

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