Jakob Eduard Wittak a jeho doba v univerzitní kanceláři

Abstract

For several decades in the first half of the 19th century, and especially around the time of the far-reaching administrative changes in mid-19th century when the need for and importance of the university office had grown, the office of a syndic was held by Dr Jakob Eduard Wittak (1785–1859). He worked in the university office from the second decade of the 19th century, having previously studied law at the Prague university. In 1835–1843, he worked as an actuary, then he was promoted to a syndic. This study analyses the operation and written materials produced by the university office at a time when Wittak worked there both as an employee and as its head. During his term, official documents of the university office were kept more meticulously than at any other time in the 19th century. Alongside this, this contribution presents, using Wittak as an example, a portrait of career of a university official in the first half of the 19th century.