Scheicher, Josef#
b. Lichtenhof (municipality of St. Stefan ob Stainz, Styria), Feb. 18, 1842, d. Vienna, March 28, 1924, theologian. 1878-1894 professor of moral theology in St. Poelten; as a politician he opposed liberalism; co-founder of the Christian Socialist party (mobilised young clergymen to support the party in Western Lower Austria), member of the Landtag in Lower Austria and of the Reichsrat, 1919 retired from politics; also worked as a political journalist.
Works#
Erlebnisse und Erinnerungen, 6 vols., 1907-1912.Literature#
J. Kendl, J. S., Priester und Politiker an der Schwelle einer neuen Zeit, doctoral thesis, Salzburg 1967.