Adam Heinrich Dresig

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Adam Heinrich Dresig (also: Adamus Henricus Dresigius) (born June 10, 1701 in Hillmersdorf ; † 1761 ) was a German pedagogue , classical philologist and rector in Lübben .

Life

Dresig was born in Hillmersdorf in 1701 in the office of Schlieben in Niederlausitz. From 1717 he attended the Lyceum in Luckau and from 1720 the University of Wittenberg . In addition to his studies, he helped his teacher Christoph Heinrich von Berger to publish his book Commentatio De Personis Vulgo Larvis Seu Mascheris (1723). He also supported Friedrich Strunz in his work. In 1728 he left the university as a master of philosophy and worked as a private tutor in various places .

On November 4, 1737, he was employed at the Luckau Lyceum, and on June 20, 1742, he was appointed vice rector . On August 2, 1747 he was appointed rector in Lübben.

Together with his cousin Siegmund Friedrich Dresig , he wrote the article in 1738: Sigism. Frider. Dresigii Epistola animadversiones in Fabri Thesaurum complectens: qua viro clarissimo atque amplissimo domino Adamo Henrico Dresigio .

A correspondence with Leonhard Euler in 1750 is documented. However, it is not known whether and what Euler replied.

literature

  • Supplement to the second volume of Meusel's Lexicon of the writers who died since 1750. In: New general intelligence sheet for literature and art. Issue 41, September 7, 1805, Col. 668–669 ( online )
  • Karl August Hennicke: Contributions to the addition and correction of the Jöcher 's general lexicon of scholars and the Meusel'schen lexicon of German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. 2nd piece, Vogel, Leipzig 1812, p. 98

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sigism. Frider. Dresigii Epistola animadversiones in Fabri Thesaurum
  2. ^ Euler's Correspondents - Alphabetical listing

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personal data
SURNAME Dresig, Adam Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dresigius, Adamus Henricus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist, pedagogue and rector
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1701
PLACE OF BIRTH Hillmersdorf
DATE OF DEATH 1761