Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider
Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (born January 18, 1750 in Collm ; † January 12, 1822 in Breslau ) was a German classical philologist and scientist .
Life
Schneider studied in Leipzig , Göttingen and Strasbourg and in 1774, on the recommendation of Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729–1812), he became the secretary of the then highly respected Strasbourg classical philologist Richard François Philippe Brunck (1729–1803). Soon afterwards he became professor of eloquence and philology at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) and a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and, in 1809, of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1788 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .
The most important work was his Critical Greek-German Concise Dictionary (1797), the first independent work after Henri Estiennes (1531–1598) Thesaurus Graecae linguae (1572) and the basis of Franz Ludwig Carl Friedrich Passows (1786–1833) Opuscula academica (1835) and all Greek lexicons . In his work, Schneider paid particular attention to the inclusion of scientific and natural historical words and phrases. He was also very interested in scientific manuscripts and publications by older authors.
In 1801 Schneider published a corrected and completed edition of Marcus Élieser Blochs (1723–1799) Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus ex illustratum , a catalog on fish as a standard taxonomic work that was very important among scientists at the time . Schneider did not only deal with fish ( ichthyology ), but also with palaeontology and especially with turtles and other reptiles and amphibians ( herpetology ). In 1799, Schneider first described the black- scarred toad ( Bufo melanostictus ), which occurs frequently in India, and the Carolina tree frog ( Hyla cinerea ), which occurs in the south of the USA .
In 1811 he became professor of ancient languages and eloquence at the University of Breslau , where he became senior librarian of the university library in 1814 and then took over the post of chief librarian in 1816. He stayed there until the end of his life in 1822.
Works
- Notes on the anacreon. Crusius, Leipzig 1770.
- Ichthyologiae veterum specimina. Winter, Frankfurt (Oder) 1780.
- General natural history of the turtles. Müller, Leipzig 1783. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.5788
- Collection of mixed papers to clarify the zoology and the storyline. Unger, Berlin 1784. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.39836
- Comparison of the structure and the physiology of fish . Leipzig 1787 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.6903
- First contribution to the natural history of the turtles. Müller, Leipzig 1787.
- Second contribution to the natural history of the tortoises Müller, Leipzig 1789.
- with Peter Artedi and Johann Stephan Capieux: Synonymia piscium Graeca et Latina emendata, aucta atque illustrata: Sive Historia piscium naturalis et literaria from Aristotelis usque aevo ad seculum XIII deducta duce Synonymia piscium Petri Artedi. Accedit disputatio de veterum scriptorum hippopotamo , Leipzig, 1789 doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.5790
- Ad reliqua librorum Friderici II. Et Alberti Magni capita commentarii ... Müller, Leipzig 1789.
- Amphibiorum physiologiae specimen Apitz, Frankfurt (Oder) 1790–97. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.48774
- Critical Greek-German concise dictionary. Frommann, Jena, Züllichau 1797.
- Historiae amphibiorum naturalis et literariae Frommann, Jena 1799–1801. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.4270
- Eclogae physicae, ex scriptoribus praecipue Graecis excerptae Frommann, Jena, Leipzig 1800.
- Critical Greek-German dictionary. Frommann, Jena, Leipzig 1805/06.
- Greek-German dictionary. Hahn, Leipzig 1819.
literature
- Richard Hoche : Schneider, Johann Gottlob (Theaenus) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 125-127.
- Conrad Bursian : History of Classical Philology in Germany. Oldenbourg, Munich 1883.
- Bärbel Holtz: Prussia as a cultural state. The Prussian Ministry of Culture as a state authority and social agency (1817–1934) Vol. 2., The Ministry of Culture in its fields of activity: school, science, churches, arts and medicine, Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 2010 Acta Borrusica , ed. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 215.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Johann Gottlob Theaenus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist and scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Collm |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1822 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |