Karel Ferdinand Irmler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Karel Ferdinand Irmler

Czech lawyer and university educator

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1650

Place of Birth: Olomouc, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic

Profession: lawyer, pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Karel Ferdinand Irmler

  • Karel Ferdinand Irmler (born 18 March 1650, date of death unknown) was a Moravian lawyer and the first professor of secular law at University of Olomouc. Irmler was born in Olomouc to a family of local physician.
  • He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of University of Olomouc and Law at the University of Prague, where he defended his dissertation in 1674 and 1675.
  • Since 1678 he was privately teaching law in Vienna.He became the first professor of law at University of Olomouc, giving the first lecture at 8 in the morning on 3 January 1679 to six students.It was Moravian nobility that forced establishment of Professorate of Law by a decree of Emperor Leopold I despite the opposition of Jesuits, who were in charge of the University.
  • Irmler was paid 150 gulden a year directly by the nobility and was obliged to teach only students immatriculated at the University.
  • As Jesuits opposed the secular law lectures, he was forced to give lectures in his house.
  • He held the post of professor of law until 1691.
  • Late in his life, he was blind.

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