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24-595: This glacier was named after German geologist Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey that first surveyed and partially explored the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord in 1869–70. The Waltershausen Glacier flows from the NW between Strindberg Land to the south and west, and Ole Romer Land to the northeast. Its terminus is at the head of

48-586: A formal protest against the action of King Ernst August in abolishing the liberal constitution of 1833, which had been granted to the House of Hanover by his predecessor William IV . This procedure of the seven professors led to their expulsion from the university (14 December). Early in 1838 Ewald received a call to Tübingen , and there for upwards of ten years he held a chair as professor ordinarius, first in philosophy and afterwards, from 1841, in theology. To this period belong some of his most important works, and also

72-652: A movement for reform within the Hanoverian Church, and he was a member of the synod which passed the new constitution. He had an important share also in the formation of the Protestantenverein , or Protestant association, in September 1863. But the chief crisis in his life arose out of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. His loyalty to King George V of Hanover (son of Ernst August) would not permit him to take

96-483: A tour in 1834–1835 Waltershausen carried out a series of magnetic observations in various parts of Europe. He then gave his attention to an exhaustive investigation of the volcano of Mount Etna , in Sicily , and carried on the work with some interruptions until 1843 including with Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters . The chief result of this undertaking was his great Atlas des Ätna (1858–1861), in which he distinguished

120-827: Is the queen of the sciences and number theory is the queen of mathematics", and the famous story of Gauss as a young boy quickly finding the sum of an arithmetic series. When Gauss died in Göttingen, two individuals gave eulogies at his funeral: Gauss's son-in-law Heinrich Ewald , and Waltershausen who represented the faculty in Göttingen. The mineral Sartorite as well as the Waltershausen Glacier in Northeast Greenland 73°52′N 24°20′W  /  73.867°N 24.333°W  / 73.867; -24.333 were named in his honour. Heinrich Ewald Georg Heinrich August Ewald (16 November 1803 – 4 May 1875)

144-509: The Ice age was due to changes in the configuration of the Earth's surface. He died in Göttingen. In 1880, Arnold von Lasaulx edited Waltershausen's notes and published the book Der Aetna (cover page pictured). Sartorius was the author of Gauss zum Gedächtnis , in 1856. It is also the source of one of the most famous mathematical quotes, "Mathematics is the queen of the sciences", in full "Mathematics

168-637: The Nordfjord , a branch of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord , one of the largest fjords in East Greenland. Hudson Land is located east of the terminus area. The Waltershausen Nunatak is a large nunatak in the upper section of the glacier and Bartholin Land is a land area on the northern side. The Jakob Kjøde Bjerg , a large 1,850 m (6,070 ft) high nunatak , rises off the northwestern side of

192-623: The Old Testament ( German : Die poetischen Bücher des alten Bundes ), History of the People of Israel ( German : Geschichte des Volkes Israel ), and Antiquities of the People of Israel ( German : Die Altertümer des Volkes Israel ). Ewald represented the city of Hanover as a member of the Guelph faction in the North German and German Diets . Ewald was born at Göttingen where his father

216-673: The lava streams formed during the later centuries. After his return from Mount Etna, Waltershausen visited Iceland , and subsequently published Physisch-geographische Skizze von Island (1847), Über die vulkanischen Gesteine in Sizilien und Island (1853), and Geologischer Atlas von Island (1853). Meanwhile, he was appointed professor of mineralogy and geology at Göttingen, and held this post for about thirty years, until his death. In 1866 Waltershausen published an important essay entitled Recherches sur les climats de l'époque actuelle et des époques anciennes ; in this he expressed his belief that

240-588: The venia legendi (1868) and also to a criminal trial, which, however, resulted in his acquittal (May 1869). Then, and on two subsequent occasions, he was returned by the city of Hanover as a member of the North German and German parliaments. In June 1874 he was found guilty of a libel on Otto von Bismarck , whom he had compared to Frederick the Great in "his unrighteous war with Austria and his ruination of religion and morality," to Napoleon III in his way of "picking out

264-718: The best time possible for robbery and plunder." For this offence he was sentenced to undergo three weeks' imprisonment. He died in Göttingen in his 72nd year, of heart disease. In his public life Ewald displayed characteristics such as simplicity and sincerity, moral earnestness, independence, absolute fearlessness. As a teacher he had a remarkable power of kindling enthusiasm; and he taught many distinguished pupils, including August Schleicher , Ferdinand Hitzig , Eberhard Schrader , Theodor Noldeke , Diestel and Christian Friedrich August Dillmann . His disciples were not all of one school, but many eminent scholars who apparently have been untouched by his influence have in fact developed some of

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288-576: The commencement of his bitter feud with F.C. Baur and the Tübingen school. In 1847, "the great shipwreck-year in Germany," as he has called it, he was invited back to Göttingen on honourable terms—the liberal constitution having been restored. He accepted the invitation. In 1845, Ewald remarried, this time to Auguste Schleiermacher (1822–1897); the couple had a daughter in 1850 who was named Caroline Therese Wilhelmine. In 1862-1863 Ewald took an active part in

312-402: The events of the apostolic and post-apostolic age are treated as a kind of appendix. The entire construction of the history is based on a critical examination and chronological arrangement of the available documents. The more important of Ewald's works are: The Jahrbücher der biblischen Wissenschaft (1849–1865) were edited, and for the most part written, by him. He was the chief promoter of

336-446: The exodus and culminating in the appearing of Jesus. The historical interval that separated these two events is treated as naturally dividing itself into three great periods—those of Moses , David and Ezra . The periods are externally indicated by the successive names by which the chosen people were called—Hebrews, Israelites, Jews. The events prior to the exodus are relegated by Ewald to a preliminary chapter of primitive history; and

360-665: The head of the glacier; to the west of it flows the Adolf Hoel Glacier . This article about a glacier in Greenland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (17 December 1809 – 16 March 1876) was a German geologist . Waltershausen was born at Göttingen and educated at this city's university . There he devoted his attention to physical and natural science, and in particular to mineralogy . Waltershausen

384-515: The liberal constitution, and became professor of theology at the University of Tübingen . In 1848, he returned to his old position at Göttingen. When Hanover was annexed by Prussia in 1866, Ewald became a defender of the rights of the ex-king. Among his chief works are: Complete Course on the Hebrew Language ( German : Ausführliches Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache ), The Poetical Books of

408-481: The many ideas which he suggested. Ewald's Hebrew Grammar inaugurated a new era in biblical philology . Subsequent works in that department were avowedly based on his, and Hitzig referred to him as "the second founder of the science of the Hebrew language." He made important contributions as an exegete , biblical critic and grammarian. In particular, his Geschichte des Volkes Israel , the result of thirty years' labour,

432-513: The oath of allegiance to the victorious King William I of Prussia , and he was therefore placed on the retired list, though with the full amount of his salary as pension . This degree of severity might have been held by the Prussian authorities to be unnecessary, had Ewald been less hostile in his language. The violent tone of some of his printed manifestoes about this time, especially of his Lob des Königs u. des Volkes , led to his being deprived of

456-406: The spring of 1824 he was recalled to Göttingen as theological tutor ( German : Repetent ), and in 1827 (the year of Eichhorn's death) he became professor extraordinarius in philosophy and lecturer in Old Testament exegesis . In 1830, Ewald married Wilhelmine Gauss  [ de ] (1808–1840), the daughter of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss . Of all of Gauss's children, Wilhelmina

480-463: Was a German orientalist , Protestant theologian , and Biblical exegete . He studied at the University of Göttingen . In 1827 he became extraordinary professor there, in 1831 ordinary professor of theology, and in 1835 professor of oriental languages. In 1837, as a member of the Göttingen Seven , he lost his position at Göttingen on account of his protest against King Ernst August 's abrogation of

504-458: Was a linen weaver. In 1815 he was sent to the gymnasium , and in 1820 he entered the University of Göttingen , where he studied with J.G. Eichhorn and T. C. Tychsen , specialising in oriental languages. At the close of his academic studies in 1823 he was appointed to a mastership in the gymnasium at Wolfenbüttel , and made a study of the oriental manuscripts in the Wolfenbüttel library. But in

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528-465: Was important in that branch of research. Taking up the idea of a divine education of the human race, and firmly believing that Providence assigned a special task to each of the leading nations of antiquity, Ewald felt no difficulty about Israel's place in universal history , or about the problem which that race had been called upon to solve. The history of Israel , according to him, was the history how humanity acquired one true religion, beginning with

552-544: Was named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who was close friends with his parents. Waltershausen's father, Georg, was a writer, lecturer and professor of economics and history at Göttingen. Georg Sartorius (later Sartorius von Waltershausen) is best known in his role of translator and popularizer of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations . His son, August , was a well known economist who specialized in American economy, and had at least one of his books translated into English. During

576-596: Was said to have come closest to her father's talent, but she died in 1840. In 1831 Heinrich Ewald was promoted to professor ordinarius in philosophy ; in 1833 he became a member of the Royal Scientific Society, and in 1835, after Tychsen's death, he entered the faculty of theology , taking the chair of Oriental languages. Two years later occurred the first important episode in Ewald's studious life. In 1837, on 18 November, along with six of his colleagues he signed

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