!!!Born, Ignaz Edler von Pseudonym Johannes Physiophilus

b. Alba Iulia, Rumania (then Karlsburg), Dec. 26, 1742, 
d. Vienna, July 24, 1791, mineralogist and palaeontologist, from 1776 
curator of the Imperial Mineralogical Collections; left the Jesuit 
Order and became the Master of a Masonic Lodge called "Zur wahren 
Eintracht", editor of the "Journal fuer Freymaurer"; Mozart probably 
modelled the role of Sarastro in "The Magic Flute" on B.; members of 
B.´s circle included J. B.  Alxinger, A.  Blumauer, G. von  
Leon, J.  Pezzl, J. F. von  Ratschky and J.  Richter.

!Literature
H. Reinalter (ed.), Die Aufklaerung in Oe. I. B. und 
seine Zeit, 1991.



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