August Scheffers
August Karl Friedrich Scheffers (born September 29, 1832 in Güstrow , † February 1, 1888 in Leipzig ) was a German architect and university professor .
Life
August Scheffers was born into a simple family as the son of a hat maker and could therefore only attend the lower school in Plau am See . Like his father, he then turned to the trade and initially became a bricklayer . However, he acquired further knowledge and thus managed to be admitted to study at the Berlin Building Academy and the Berlin Art Academy . He completed his studies from 1851 to 1855. He then got a job as a teacher at the Holzminden building trade school . In 1864 he left school. In 1868 he became director of the Altona trade school .
In 1875, Scheffers accepted an appointment as professor of architecture at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Leipzig . There he became head of the department in the field of architecture. He received for recording and autographing the Renaissance monuments from Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. of Mecklenburg the Mecklenburg Medal of Merit for Art and Science in gold .
Fonts
- Handbook of civil and rural building construction with special consideration of building construction theory. For use by building tradesmen as well as building contractors, architects and building owners. Seemann, Leipzig 1865.
- Architectural design school. A practical aesthetic of the art of building, for use by building trade schools, building craftsmen and architects. Seemann, Leipzig 1866.
- with August Ortwein : German Renaissance. A collection of objects of architecture, decoration and applied arts in original recordings. Seemann, Leipzig 1871–1888.
- Templates for colored cross-stitch work. Gebhardt, Leipzig 1887.
literature
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause : Scheffers, August Karl Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 683 f.
Web links
- Works by and about August Scheffers in the German Digital Library
- Literature about August Scheffers in the state bibliography MV
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheffers, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scheffers, August Karl Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guestrow |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1888 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |