Benjamin Gottlieb Gerlach

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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

  1. Progr. De Catechismo Lutheri, Augustanae Confessionis prodromo. Muhlhausen 1730
  2. Progr. De Chr. Becmanno. Muhlhausen 1738
  3. Life of a Bored Leaf Farmer, M. Sam. Gottlieb Edelmann. Zittau 1739
  4. Loving, edifying thoughts of the love of God demonstrated by Christ's death in the most glorious way. Zittau 1739
  5. de Templo Sinensi portatili. 1739
  6. Reflections on joy in God, following the instructions in Ps. 73, 28. Zittau 1739
  7. Progr. De utilitate, ex Livio et Cornelio Nepote capienda, contra Sam. Pufendorfium. Zittau 1739
  8. Progr. Narratio vitae M. Sam. Gl, Neubarthi. Zittau 1739
  9. Progr. De Martino Opitzio, Poëta maximo Teutonico. Zittau 1739
  10. Progr. I et II de neglectu litterarum humaniorum. Zittau 1740
  11. Progr. Invitatio ad actum dramaticum. Zittau 1740
  12. Progr. De vita Seligmanni, Consiliarii Saxonici intimi . Zittau 1740
  13. Progr. Illustrans Act. XIX, 24. Zittau 1740
  14. Diss. De templo Sinensi portatili. Zittau 1740
  15. Progr. De Julio Caesare. Zittau 1740
  16. Progr. Of the invention of the printing press. Zittau 1740
  17. Progr. De commodis institutionis publicae. Zittau 1741
  18. Progr. De mentis Philippi Melanchthonis de re scholastica. Zittau 1742
  19. Progr. De Fl. Theodosii M. Eugenii tyranni victore. Zittau 1743
  20. Progr. De vita Hieron. Wolfii. Zittau 1743
  21. Progr. De vita Donat. Groffii. Zittau 1744
  22. The joys awaiting the sowing of tears - harvests of religion; a memorandum. Zittau 1744
  23. Progr. De vita Joh. Regii. Zittau 1745
  24. Progr. De claris Horatita. Zittau 1745
  25. Progr. De flore litterarum inter bella. Zittau 1745
  26. Progr. De Tapientia cum fortitudine coniungenda. Zittau 1745
  27. Memorandum to M. Ch. Stephani, 5th school colleague. Zittau 1747
  28. Progr. De Servio Tullio. Zittau 1747
  29. Progr. De Tarquinio Superbo. Zittau 1747
  30. Progr. De Schola Zittaviesi. Zittau 1748
  31. Progr. De officiis divitum et paupemm. Zittau 1749
  32. Progr. De vi exemplorum. Zittau 1750
  33. Progr. De hortoium amaloribus apud Romanos et Graecos. Zittau 1750
  34. Of orphanages; in the company of the orphans. Zittau 1750
  35. The firm confidence in God as the surest means in temporal tribulation; a memorandum. Zittau 1750
  36. Memorandum to the Cantor and Coll. IV, JC Grünewald. Zittau 1751
  37. Progr. De arte moriendi. Zittau 1751
  38. Memorandum of Constancy in the Good. Zittau 1751
  39. Memorandum the certainty of the resurrection of the dead. Zittau 1751
  40. Of the true worth of the poor; in the company of the orphans. Zittau 1751
  41. Progr. De mercatu bonarum litterarum. Zittau 1751
  42. Progr. De Theodosio iuniori. Zittau 1751
  43. Progr. De praemiis eruditorum. Zittau 1751
  44. Progr. De Zittavia eruditorum ferace. Zittau 1752
  45. Progr. De virtutibus politici. Zittau 1752
  46. Progr. De accommodatione praeceptorum ad captum disci-pulorum. Zittau 1752
  47. Progr. De Adoniae seditioso ingenio. Zittau 1752
  48. Progr. De necessitate iustitutionis puerilis. Zittau 1752
  49. The true marks of the elect; a memorandum. Zittau 1752
  50. Progr. De effectibus Constantinopoleos expugnatae. Zittau 1753
  51. Progr. De variis fatis regnorum. Zittau 1753
  52. Progr. De rogationibus veterum. Zittau 1753
  53. Progr. De arrogantia litteratorum. Zittau 1753
  54. Memorandum to D. Joh. Gottl. Hornigk. Zittau 1753
  55. Patience and hope, two precious things in every tribulation; a memorandum. Zittau 1753
  56. Progr. De migratjonibus litterarum. Zittau 1754
  57. Memorandum: the spiritual bridal jewelry of a soul engaged to Jesus. Zittau 1754
  58. Memorandum: From the Crown of Justice. Zittau 1754
  59. Memorandum: of the immeasurable mercy of God. Zittau 1754
  60. Memorandum: the soul moved from restlessness to calm. Zittau 1755
  61. Memorandum: from Litaneyen. Zittau 1754
  62. Progr. Mardochaeus sive fiducia in Deum da superbia, et crudelitate gloriose triumphans. Zittau 1755
  63. God's word as the best consolation in human misery and death; a memorandum. Zittau 1755
  64. Progr. The thirst for gratitude of a believing soul before all divine benefits. Zittau 1755
  65. Progr. God is the highest good and inheritance of true Christians. Zittau 1756
  66. Progr. The heavenly mercy of Christian steadfastness. Zittau 1756
  67. Songs at the annual contact with orphans ...

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ^ Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series Part 3; Halle (Saale), 1966, p. 177
  3. ^ 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 )
  4. ↑ Reinhard Jordan: Chronicle of the city of Mühlhausen in Thuringia. Danner, 1906, Vol. 3, p. 166
  5. ^ Theodor Gartner: Source book for the history of the high school in Zittau. BG Teubner, Leipzig, 1911, vol. 2, p. 100
personal data
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