August Friedrich Gfrörer
August Friedrich Gfrörer (born March 5, 1803 in Calw ; † July 6, 1861 in Karlsbad ) was a theologian, librarian, historian and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly .
Life
Gfrörer studied Protestant theology at the Tübingen monastery and in 1829 became city vicar in Stuttgart . In 1830 he became a librarian at the royal public library in Stuttgart, where he was able to devote himself primarily to the study of literature and history. In 1846 he was appointed full professor of history at the University of Freiburg . In 1845 he was appointed a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , in 1857 a foreign member. At the University of Freiburg he regularly gave lectures on the history of literature in the Middle Ages.
From May 20, 1848 to May 30, 1849 Gfrörer was a member of the National Assembly as a member of Ehingen . He belonged to the Greater German Party , was a vehement opponent of Prussia and applied in vain for the reunification of the two major denominations in Germany.
In 1853 Gfrörer converted to Catholicism. He mostly wrote his religious and political works under the pseudonym Ernst Freymund.
family
August Friedrich Gfrörer was the son of the strictly Protestant merchant Johann Jakob Gfrörer. He was married and had children. His wife and the children converted to Catholicism before him.
Works
- Flavius Josephus : History of the Jewish War or of the Fall of the Jewish People of His Capital Jerusalem . From d. Greek Newly translated for readers of all stands. Through u. ed. by A. Fr. Gfrörer. With geograph. u. histor. By Wilhelm Hoffmann, Stuttgart; Leipzig: Rieger 1836.
- Pope Gregorius VII and his age , 7 vols., F. Hurter, Schaffhausen 1859–1861 ( vol. 1, 1859 , vol. 3, 1859 ; vol. 4, 1859 , vol. 5, 1860 ; vol. 6, 1860 ; Vol. 7, 1861 )
- History of Venice from its foundation to 1084 , published posthumously in Graz in 1872.
- Gustav Adolph, King of Sweden, and his time Krabbe, Stuttgart, 1852; Reprint: Salzwasser Verlag, Paderborn 2012. ISBN 978-3-86382-986-5
literature
- Moriz Gmelin : Gfrörer, August Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 139-141.
- Hellmut J. Gebauer, Hartmut Würfele: Significant women and men (Calw. History of a City), Calw 2005, pp. 77-78, ISBN 978-3-9809615-1-6
Web links
- Literature by and about August Friedrich Gfrörer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger: August Friedrich Gförer (obituary) . In: Meeting reports of the royal. Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich . tape 2 , 1861, p. 186–188 ( online [PDF; accessed February 12, 2017]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gfrörer, August Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freymund, Ernst (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Historian and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calw |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1861 |
| Place of death | Carlsbad |