Johann Baptist von Hirscher [SEP] date of death
Johann Baptist von Hirscher
Johann Baptist von Hirscher (20 January 1788, Bodnegg – 4 September 1865) was a German Catholic theologian.
Life.
He was born in Alt-Ergarten, Bodnegg and studied at Weissenau monastery school, the lyceum of Constance, and the University of Freiburg. Ordained priest in 1810, he was for two years curate at Röhlingen; in 1812 he became a tutor in the theological faculty of Ellwangen; and in 1814 assistant professor of philosophy at the Ellwangen lyceum.
In 1817 he
there, in addition to the courses already entrusted to him, Herbst taught introduction to the Holy Scriptures and Biblical archæology; he also occasionally was prevailed upon to lecture on New Testament exegesis, church history, and pastoral theology. The new faculty of theology, which, with such men as Johann Sebastian von Drey, Johann Baptist von Hirscher, and Johann Adam Möhler on its staff, and pupils of the stamp of Carl Joseph von Hefele (1809-1893), was winning a conspicuous place in the realm of scholarship.