Basil Faber

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Basilius Faber (* around 1520 in Sorau ; † around 1576 in Erfurt ; also Basilius Schmidt ) was a German educator.

Life

As a relative of Michael Neander , he first attended the school in his hometown and, under Valentin Potsendorf, the school in Goldberg . At Easter 1538 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg , where he met Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther . His stay in Wittenberg did not last long. He moved to Nordhausen as a private tutor , where he initially taught the sons of Johann Spangenberg and was rector of the local school in 1550 .

Since he was committed to the ideas of the Gnesiolutherans around Matthias Flacius , he got into disputes which led him to Bad Tennstedt in 1556 . From there he went to Magdeburg and in 1563 was rector of the newly founded school in Quedlinburg by the Abbess Anna II (Countess of Stollberg-Wernigerode) . When the abbess asked the teachers and clergy to recognize Melanchthon's Corpus Doctrinae, Faber refused to put his signature under these lapels out of his Gnesio-Lutheran convictions.

This resulted in his dismissal in 1570 and he therefore first went to Ummendorf (Börde) . In 1571 he went to Erfurt, where he found a job at the Ratsgymnasium , which he held until the end of his life. Faber is considered to be an important educationalist in Saxony in the 16th century, who was on friendly terms with Georg Fabricius and Adam Siber . He played a key role in developing the school system in Saxony and published various writings with educational content.

Works (selection)

  • Libellus de Synonymia Terentii et copiosa phrasium et locutionum commutatione , Leipzig 1553, 2nd vol. 1556.
  • Loci observatorium atque expositionum indices numerosissimi in Cicerone Epistolae Familiares omnes , Leipzig 1553.
  • Libellus de ratione genuina dicendi et scribendi, monstrata e Terentio et Cicerone , Leipzig 1554.
  • Elenchus legum et disciplinae scholasticae , 1571.
  • Libellus de disciplina scholastica , 1572.
  • Thesaurus eruditionis scholasticae , 1571, 1587, 1623, 1625, 1691, 1749.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Faber, Basil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt, Basil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator
DATE OF BIRTH around 1520
PLACE OF BIRTH Sorau
DATE OF DEATH around 1576
Place of death Erfurt