Benjamin Gottlieb Gerlach
Benjamin Gottlieb Gerlach (born June 7, 1698 in Liegnitz , † June 18, 1756 in Zittau ) was a German educator and author.
Life
Gerlach attended high school in Liegnitz and Breslau . On May 11, 1719 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg and completed a degree in philosophy. During that time Martin Hassen in ethics, Friedrich Strunz in poetry, Jakob Karl Spener in history, Georg Wilhelm Kirchmaier in Greek, Johann Matthias Hase and Johann Friedrich Weidler in mathematics, for example, were his teachers.
Gerlach must have had good intellectual gifts, because after just two and a half years he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy on October 17, 1721. The following day he successfully passed the examination of permission to read for universities as a master's degree and subsequently worked as a private lecturer. However, academic access to the university did not seem possible for him. Therefore, in 1728 he applied for the post of rector of the Wittenberg city school.
Since he had met the demands of Gottlieb Wernsdorf the Elder , he was appointed to his post on June 2nd. However, he did not stay in that position for a long time. On July 5, 1730, he took up the better-paid position of rector at the grammar school in Mühlhausen / Thuringia and became director of the grammar school in Zittau on November 25, 1738, where he worked until the end of his life. The extensive written work he left behind deals with theological and historical topics, biographies and edification writings.
Selection of works
- Progr. De Catechismo Lutheri, Augustanae Confessionis prodromo. Muhlhausen 1730
- Progr. De Chr. Becmanno. Muhlhausen 1738
- Life of a Bored Leaf Farmer, M. Sam. Gottlieb Edelmann. Zittau 1739
- Loving, edifying thoughts of the love of God demonstrated by Christ's death in the most glorious way. Zittau 1739
- de Templo Sinensi portatili. 1739
- Reflections on joy in God, following the instructions in Ps. 73, 28. Zittau 1739
- Progr. De utilitate, ex Livio et Cornelio Nepote capienda, contra Sam. Pufendorfium. Zittau 1739
- Progr. Narratio vitae M. Sam. Gl, Neubarthi. Zittau 1739
- Progr. De Martino Opitzio, Poëta maximo Teutonico. Zittau 1739
- Progr. I et II de neglectu litterarum humaniorum. Zittau 1740
- Progr. Invitatio ad actum dramaticum. Zittau 1740
- Progr. De vita Seligmanni, Consiliarii Saxonici intimi . Zittau 1740
- Progr. Illustrans Act. XIX, 24. Zittau 1740
- Diss. De templo Sinensi portatili. Zittau 1740
- Progr. De Julio Caesare. Zittau 1740
- Progr. Of the invention of the printing press. Zittau 1740
- Progr. De commodis institutionis publicae. Zittau 1741
- Progr. De mentis Philippi Melanchthonis de re scholastica. Zittau 1742
- Progr. De Fl. Theodosii M. Eugenii tyranni victore. Zittau 1743
- Progr. De vita Hieron. Wolfii. Zittau 1743
- Progr. De vita Donat. Groffii. Zittau 1744
- The joys awaiting the sowing of tears - harvests of religion; a memorandum. Zittau 1744
- Progr. De vita Joh. Regii. Zittau 1745
- Progr. De claris Horatita. Zittau 1745
- Progr. De flore litterarum inter bella. Zittau 1745
- Progr. De Tapientia cum fortitudine coniungenda. Zittau 1745
- Memorandum to M. Ch. Stephani, 5th school colleague. Zittau 1747
- Progr. De Servio Tullio. Zittau 1747
- Progr. De Tarquinio Superbo. Zittau 1747
- Progr. De Schola Zittaviesi. Zittau 1748
- Progr. De officiis divitum et paupemm. Zittau 1749
- Progr. De vi exemplorum. Zittau 1750
- Progr. De hortoium amaloribus apud Romanos et Graecos. Zittau 1750
- Of orphanages; in the company of the orphans. Zittau 1750
- The firm confidence in God as the surest means in temporal tribulation; a memorandum. Zittau 1750
- Memorandum to the Cantor and Coll. IV, JC Grünewald. Zittau 1751
- Progr. De arte moriendi. Zittau 1751
- Memorandum of Constancy in the Good. Zittau 1751
- Memorandum the certainty of the resurrection of the dead. Zittau 1751
- Of the true worth of the poor; in the company of the orphans. Zittau 1751
- Progr. De mercatu bonarum litterarum. Zittau 1751
- Progr. De Theodosio iuniori. Zittau 1751
- Progr. De praemiis eruditorum. Zittau 1751
- Progr. De Zittavia eruditorum ferace. Zittau 1752
- Progr. De virtutibus politici. Zittau 1752
- Progr. De accommodatione praeceptorum ad captum disci-pulorum. Zittau 1752
- Progr. De Adoniae seditioso ingenio. Zittau 1752
- Progr. De necessitate iustitutionis puerilis. Zittau 1752
- The true marks of the elect; a memorandum. Zittau 1752
- Progr. De effectibus Constantinopoleos expugnatae. Zittau 1753
- Progr. De variis fatis regnorum. Zittau 1753
- Progr. De rogationibus veterum. Zittau 1753
- Progr. De arrogantia litteratorum. Zittau 1753
- Memorandum to D. Joh. Gottl. Hornigk. Zittau 1753
- Patience and hope, two precious things in every tribulation; a memorandum. Zittau 1753
- Progr. De migratjonibus litterarum. Zittau 1754
- Memorandum: the spiritual bridal jewelry of a soul engaged to Jesus. Zittau 1754
- Memorandum: From the Crown of Justice. Zittau 1754
- Memorandum: of the immeasurable mercy of God. Zittau 1754
- Memorandum: the soul moved from restlessness to calm. Zittau 1755
- Memorandum: from Litaneyen. Zittau 1754
- Progr. Mardochaeus sive fiducia in Deum da superbia, et crudelitate gloriose triumphans. Zittau 1755
- God's word as the best consolation in human misery and death; a memorandum. Zittau 1755
- Progr. The thirst for gratitude of a believing soul before all divine benefits. Zittau 1755
- Progr. God is the highest good and inheritance of true Christians. Zittau 1756
- Progr. The heavenly mercy of Christian steadfastness. Zittau 1756
- Songs at the annual contact with orphans ...
literature
- Jakob Franck : Gerlach, Benjamin Theophil . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 8.
Web links
- Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, Leipzig, 1804, Vol. 4, p. 129 ( online with Google Book Search )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Kathe : The Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty 1502-1817 (= Central German Research. Volume 117). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-412-04402-4 , pp. 455-468.
- ^ Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series Part 3; Halle (Saale), 1966, p. 177
- ^ Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner: History of the grammar school and the schools in Wittenberg told from the sources. Hartmann Verlag, Leipzig, 1830, p. 94 ( online with Google book search )
- ↑ Reinhard Jordan: Chronicle of the city of Mühlhausen in Thuringia. Danner, 1906, Vol. 3, p. 166
- ^ Theodor Gartner: Source book for the history of the high school in Zittau. BG Teubner, Leipzig, 1911, vol. 2, p. 100
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gerlach, Benjamin Gottlieb |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and author |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1698 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Liegnitz |
DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1756 |
Place of death | Zittau |