Albert Jäger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Albert Jäger

Austrian member of Down Austrian regional parliament, member of Austrian empire council, historian and Roman Catholic priest

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1801

Place of Birth: Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1891

Profession: writer, politician, historian, pedagogue, university teacher

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Albert Jäger

  • Albert Jäger (8 December 1801, Schwaz – 10 December 1891, Innsbruck) was an Austrian priest and historian who specialized in Tyrolean history. From 1826 he studied theology in Brixen, becoming ordained as a priest in 1829.
  • In 1846 he was appointed professor of universal and Austrian state history at the University of Innsbruck.
  • In 1849 he became director of the Benedictine gymnasium in Merano — two years later, being appointed professor of Austrian history at the University of Vienna.In 1854 he founded the Instituts für österreichische Geschichtsforschung (Institute for Austrian Historical Research), serving as its first director up until 1869.
  • From 1867 to 1871, he was a member of the Reichsrat.

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