Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand

Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand a German scholar, was born at Passau, March 1, 1795. He studied at different universities, was made a priest in 1818, and joined the Jesuit order in 1837. In 1845 he was made professor of history at Lucerne, and died May 1, 1859, leaving Furstentafel der Europaischen Staatengeschichte, (Regensburg, 1830): — Synchronistiche Geschichte der Kirche und Welt im Mittelalter (ibid. 1850-1863, 15 volumes, the concluding volumes being edited by Rattinge). See Janner, in Wetzer u. Welte's Kirchen-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)