Franz Wagner

Born in Wangen im Allgäu in 1675, he entered the Society of Jesus at a young age and went on to teach at Jesuit schools in places including Krems, Pressburg, and Tyrnau before building much of his career in Vienna. Sources describe him as a capable teacher and educator, and they place his death in Vienna on February 8, 1738.

He is best remembered for scholarly works that range across history, geography, chronology, and Latin learning. Among the titles most often mentioned are his histories of Emperors Leopold I and Joseph I, along with educational and reference books prepared for students in the Jesuit world.

His writing has the feel of practical scholarship: ambitious in scope, but shaped by the classroom. That mix of teaching and wide-ranging learning helps explain why his name still turns up in library catalogs and biographical reference works today.