Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
|
JOHANN See also:NEPOMUK See also:HUBER (1830-1879)
, See also:German philosophical and theological writer, a See also:leader of the Old Catholics, was See also:born at See also:Munich on the 18th of See also:August 1830
.
Originally destined for the priesthood, he See also:early began the study of See also:theology
.
By the writings of See also:Spinoza and See also:Oken, however, he was strongly See also:drawn to philosophical pursuits, and it was in See also:philosophy that he " habilitated " (1854) in the university of his native See also:place, where he ultimately became See also:professor (extraordinarius, 1859; ordinarius, 1864)
.
With See also:Dollinger and others he attracted a large amount of public See also:attention in 1869 by the See also:challenge to the Ultramontane promoters of the Vatican See also:council in the See also:treatise Der Papst and das Koncil, which appeared under the See also:pseudonym of " See also:Janus," and also in 1870 by a See also:series of letters (Romische See also:Bride, a redaction of See also:secret reports sent from See also:Rome during the sitting of the council), which were published over the pseudonym See also:Quirinus in the Allgemeine Zeitung
.
He died suddenly of See also:heart disease at Munich on the 20th of See also: |
|
|
[back] FRANCOIS HUBER (1750-1831) |
[next] LUDWIG FERDINAND HUBER (1764–1804) |
There are no comments yet for this article.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.