August Procksch

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August Procksch (born April 10, 1841 in Naundorf near Ortrand , † August 4, 1924 in Minden ) was a German classical philologist and high school teacher .

After attending grammar school in Bautzen , he studied at the University of Leipzig from 1861 , where he also received his doctorate in 1866 . After graduating as a candidate for higher education, he became an assistant teacher at the Thomasschule in Leipzig in 1866 , head teacher at the grammar school in Bautzen in 1872, headmaster of the Lyceum in Eisenberg , which was converted into a grammar school in 1875, and of the Friedrichsgymnasium in Altenburg in 1891 . He received the title of Privy Councilor . On October 1, 1907, he retired and moved to Minden in Westphalia .

Like many other classical scholars of his time, he published alongside his teaching activities. He contributed articles for Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher's Detailed Lexicon of Greek and Roman Mythology . In his retirement he published on Theodor Storm's vocabulary as well as on contemporary historical topics.

His son was the Protestant Old Testament scholar Otto Procksch (1874–1947).

Publications (selection)

  • Use of the subordinate clauses in Caesar I. A contribution to Latin grammar . Bautzen 1870. ( digitized version )
  • The Consecutio temporum at Caesar . Leipzig 1873. ( digitized version )
  • Karl Christian Friedrich Krause. A picture of life based on his letters. With Krauses photography . Leipzig 1880. ( digitized version )
  • Festschrift for the bicentenary of the jubilee of the Herzoglichen Christian high school in Eisenberg on September 24, 1888 . Altenburg 1888. ( digitized version )
  • Instructions for preparing for C. Julius Caesar's Gallic War . Leipzig 1890. (Series of student comments on Greek and Latin classics in connection with Teuber's text editions , volume 3). 3 volumes. Teubner, Leipzig 1890-1893 (digital copies: Vol. 1 , Vol. 2 , Vol. 3 ).
  • Baron Bernhard August von Lindenau as an art lover. A contribution to his biography . In: Message from the Herzoglichen Friedrichs-Gymnasium zu Altenburg 92, 1899, pp. 1-59.
  • Theodor Storm's vocabulary . In: Germanisch-Romance monthly 6, 1914, pp. 532-562 ( digitized version ).
  • English politics and English folk spirit . Concordia, Berlin 1915.

literature

  • Festschrift for the bicentenary of the jubilee celebration of the ducal Christian high school in Eisenberg on September 24th, 1888 (= communications of the Eisenberg History and Antiquity Research Association , 3rd issue). Eisenberg 1888, p. 106 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 117. Message from the Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Altenburg about the school year from Easter 1923 to Easter 1924 . Altenburg: Pierersche Hofbuchdruckerei, 1924; P. 4.
  2. ↑ Date of death with Rosemarie Nöthlich (ed.): Ernst Haeckel - Wilhelm Bölsche. Correspondence 1887–1919. Commentary tape . Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung 2006, ISBN 3-86135-486-1 , p. 201.
personal data
SURNAME Procksch, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Procksch, Friedrich August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Naundorf near Ortrand
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1924
Place of death Minden