| 词条 | John Theodore Merz |
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| honorific_prefix = Dr. | name = John Theodore Merz | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 30 March 1840 | birth_place = Manchester, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1921|3|21|1840|3|30|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = Newcastle upon Tyne | nationality = German British | education = University of Giessen Göttingen Heidelberg Bonn | alma_mater = | occupation = Electrical Engineer | years_active = | employer = | organization = North Eastern Electric Supply Company | known_for = | notable_works = | home_town = | height = | weight = | title = Chairman of NESCo | term = 1901-1916 | predecessor = T.G. Gibson | successor = John H. Armstrong | boards = North Eastern Electric Supply Company 1889-1922 | religion = | denomination = | spouse = | partner = | children = Charles Hesterman Merz | parents = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | footnotes = | box_width = }}John Theodore Merz (30 March 1840 – 21 March 1922)[1] was a German British chemist, historian and industrialist. Merz was born in Manchester, England and educated at University of Giessen, Göttingen, Heidelberg, and Bonn universities.[2] Merz was Vice-Chairman of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Electric Supply Company, which he founded in 1889. He was chairman of the Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Company and a member of the senate of Durham University. In 1906, he was awarded an LLD degree from the University of Aberdeen.[3] The author of philosophical works on Leibniz,[4] and Religion and Science (1915), his four volume History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century consummated William Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences (1837) and The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded Upon Their History (1840) as well as William Stanley Jevons' Principles of Science (1874). Merz' first two volumes describe the development of mathematical and scientific thought,[5] and the final two volumes depict the development of philosophy.[6] Merz stated the following with reference to his history:
It was Merz's objective to write this history of thought from the point of view of one who shared in the progress and watched many of the changes and movements, and to set out the inner life of his contemporaries and the secret springs of their judgements and opinions.[6] His mathematical library known as the Merz Collection is held by Newcastle University. It consists of 4000 volumes, including works on philosophy, European history and German Literature.[8] The University's Merz Court was named after the Merz family.[9] Merz was buried in Elswick, St John's Cemetery.[10] His son, Charles Hesterman Merz, was a successful electrical engineer who pioneered the use of high-voltage three-phase AC power distribution in the United Kingdom. References1. ^http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100151994 2. ^"Merz, John Theodore," in Who Was Who vol. II 1916-1928 (London: Adam & Charles Black, 1992), p. 725. 3. ^"Sons- & daughters-in-law of Edward and Jane Richardson" 4. ^"Current Philosophy," The Athenaeum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=kU9DAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA425&dq=%22expansion+of+Humism%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4g7Dw5cjNAhVE1h4KHWZJDiIQ6AEIJTAB#v=onepage&q=%22expansion%20of%20Humism%22&f=false Oct. 4, 1884, pp. 425-6] 5. ^{{cite journal|title=Review of A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century by John Theodore Merz, vols. i & ii|journal=The Quarterly Review|date=July 1904|volume=200|pages=76–100|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044092529239;view=1up;seq=86}} 6. ^1 2 "The Mental Life of the Nineteenth Century," The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art (March 11, 1905) Vol.99, pp.315-316 7. ^J. T. Merz, [https://books.google.com/books?id=F842SrAgCeoC&pg=PA13&dq=%22It+is+the+object+of+these+volumes+to+fix%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbj_mN_8jNAhXB7YMKHQ6QBPIQ6AEINTAE#v=onepage&q=%22It%20is%20the%20object%20of%20these%20volumes%20to%20fix%22&f=false A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century]. Vol. I (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1907), p. 13. 8. ^Merz (John Theodore) Collection, Newcastle University Library Special Collections 9. ^[https://foursquare.com/v/merz-court/4b619934f964a52075192ae3 Merz Court College Academic Building] 10. ^Tyne and Wear HER(5285): Elswick, St John's Cemetery - Details External links
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