Adolph Gottlob Lange

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Adolph Gottlob Lange (born April 22, 1778 in Weißensee (Thuringia) , † July 9, 1831 in Schulpforte ) was a German classical philologist and teacher.

Life

Adolph Gottlob Lange lost his father Johann Friedrich Lange, who was archdeacon in Weißensee, at an early age. In 1789, the orphan was given a job at the Pforta State School and, after graduating from school in 1795, moved to the University of Leipzig to study theology. However, under the impression of the lectures by Christian Daniel Beck and Gottfried Hermann , Lange turned to philology after a year and developed an inclination for archeology while visiting the Leipzig Museum of Antiquities . After receiving his doctorate, he went to Berlin in 1801 to attend Friedrich Gedike's seminar. Here he made close contacts with the philologists Philipp Buttmann , Georg Ludwig Spalding and Ludwig Friedrich Heindorf and worked as an assistant teacher at the Gray Monastery high school .

On the advice of his teacher Gottfried Herrmann, Lange got a job as a full teacher at the Pforta State School in 1804, where he taught until the end of his life. In 1825 he was promoted to the second professorship under Karl David Ilgen . Despite a protracted illness, Lange was ready to succeed Ilgen in the management of the school on April 19, 1831. Lange was accepted into the Masonic lodge Zu den Drei Hammern in Naumburg an der Saale in 1817 . He died on July 9, 1831 and was buried two days later with general sympathy.

Long main merit was teaching. His few scattered writings were published in 1832 by his colleague Karl Georg Jacob (1796–1849).

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SURNAME Lange, Adolph Gottlob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lange, Adolf Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißensee (Thuringia)
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1831
Place of death School gate