Joseph von Petrasch

Joseph Leopold Freiherr von Petrasch (19 October 1714 in Slavonski Brod, Slavonia – 15 May 1772 in Nesovice, Moravia) was a soldier, writer and philologist. In 1746 he founded the Olomouc-based Societas incognitorum, the first Enlightenment-inspired learned society in the Habsburg territories.

Joseph von Petrasch

Joseph Leopold Freiherr von Petrasch (19 October 1714 in Slavonski Brod, Slavonia – 15 May 1772 in Nesovice, Moravia) was a soldier, writer and philologist. In 1746 he founded the Olomouc-based Societas incognitorum, the first Enlightenment-inspired learned society in the Habsburg territories.