Georg Ignaz von Metzburg

Georg Ignaz von Metzburg (June 24, 1735 – May 3, 1798) was an Austrian Jesuit priest, mathematician and cartographer.

Von Metzburg was born in Styria in a family from Upper Austria.

Von Metzburg joined the Society of Jesus in 1751 and was ordained into priesthood in 1764.

He used his knowledge of geometry and cartography along with Joseph Liesganig to produce a map of Galicia.

[2] His brother Franz Leopold (November 15, 1746 – October 6, 1789) worked as a consul in Iași, Moldavia and inherited the library of Von Metzburg.