Johann Gottfried wing
Johann Gottfried wings (* 22. November 1788 in Barby , † 24. June 1855 in Leipzig ) was a German Anglist , lexicographer and author of several language textbooks.
Life
Wing was originally a commercial assistant, but emigrated to the United States in 1810 , where he studied the English language and traveled extensively. In 1819 he returned to Germany. From 1824 to 1838 he taught as a lector publicus , i.e. without an academic degree, English language and literature at the University of Leipzig .
He gave up this position to take over the consulate for the United States in Leipzig. Since 1848, the US government gave him the business of the Smithsonian Institution for Germany, Russia, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. Thereby he exerted a great influence on the scientific traffic between North America and Europe.
His son Felix Flügel (1820–1904) and his grandson Ewald Flügel (1863–1914) followed in his footsteps as Anglicists / Americanists and lexicographers. The latter completed his habilitation in Leipzig in 1888 with Richard Paul Wülker , before he accepted an appointment at Stanford University in 1892 .
Publications (selection)
- Complete English language teaching. ( Part 1 : 1824, Part 2 : 1826)
- Triglottis. Commercial dictionary in three languages. German English French. (Part 1: 1836, Part 2 : 1838, Part 3: 1840)
- Literary sympathies or industrial bookmaking. A contribution to the history of modern English lexicography. Along with a foreword by Gottfried Hermann . Leipzig: Weichardt 1843.
literature
- Wing (J. Gf.) . In: Hamberger , Meusel : The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the now living German writers. 22nd volume, 2nd delivery. 5th increased and improved edition. Meyersche Buchhandlung, Lemgo 1831, p. 176.
- Eberhard Brüning: The Consulate of the United States of America in Leipzig. With special consideration of the consul Dr. J. G. Flügel (1839–1855) (= session reports of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. Philological-historical class. Volume 134, no.1). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-05-002634-0 (based on an academy lecture ).
The correspondence with Alexander von Humboldt in:
- Alexander von Humboldt and the United States of America. Correspondence (= articles on Alexander von Humboldt research , 19). Edited by Ingo Schwarz. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-05-002776-2 .
- Wing, Johann Gottfried . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 10 : Evangelical Church - Francis Joseph I . London 1910, p. 574 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Gottfried Flügel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Johann Gottfried Flügel in the Saxon Bibliography
- Overview of the courses taught by Johann Gottfried Flügel at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1824 to summer semester 1838)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wing, Johann Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist, lexicographer and author of several language textbooks |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barby |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1855 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |