page_title: Joseph Maria Pernter
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Maria Pernter / Life
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Josef Maria Pernter (1848-1908), Relief (Marmor) im Arkadenhof der Universität Wien, (Maisel-Nummer 34), Künstler: Michael Drobil (1877-1958), enthüllt 1935 English: Josef Maria Pernter (1848-1908), relief (marble) in the Arkadenhof of the University of Vienna, (Maisel# 34). Artist: Michael Drobil (1877-1958), unveiled 1935 &#160; This media shows the protected monument with the number 30700 in Austria. (Commons, de, Wikidata)
context_page_description: Joseph Maria Pernter was an Austrian Jesuit and scientist.
context_section_description: He entered the Society of Jesus after graduation from the Gymnasia at Bolzano and Merano. For a time he acted as professor of physics at Kalocsa and Kalksburg.
  In 1877 he was obliged to leave the order, for health reasons. He then studied physics at the University of Vienna and received the doctor's degree. After entering the Central Institute as volunteer in October, 1878, Pernter became assistant in 1880, and adjunct in 1884; in 1885 he also began to act as a privatdozent at the university.
  In 1890 he was called to the University of Innsbruck in the capacity of extraordinary professor, and in 1893 was appointed ordinary professor of cosmic physics.
  In 1897 Pernter became professor at the University of Vienna, and director of the Central Meteorological Institute. He reorganized the institute and extended it considerably, increasing the staff from fifteen to thirty-one. He made it possible for the institute to take part in balloon ascents for scientific purposes. A laboratory, a printing office, a reading room, etc., were added, also a bureau for seismic observations. Instruments for recording earth tremors were set up, and the institute supervised the network of stations for the study of earthquakes, its name being changed to "Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik".
  Pernter was also one of the founders of the "Leo-Gesellschaft" in Vienna and of the branch at Innsbruck.
caption: Relief (marble) of Pernter in the Arkadenhof of the University of Vienna
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