Benjamin Hederich

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Frontispiece from Hederich's Reales Schul-Lexicon , Leipzig 1717

Benjamin Hederich (born December 12, 1675 in Geithain ; † July 18, 1748 in Großenhain ) was a German lexicon and textbook author.

Life

After attending the Princely School in Grimma, Hederich studied in Leipzig and Wittenberg . From 1702 he worked as a teacher, first at the school in Kloster Berge , later as rector in Großenhain . In his spare time he wrote introductions to numerous sciences, as well as dictionaries and textbooks of Greek and Latin. His instruction in the most noble historical sciences covers the areas of chronology , genealogy , heraldry , numismatics and diplomacy; without using this term, he put together a canon of auxiliary sciences that has remained almost unchanged to this day.

Hederich's Latin dictionaries were reproduced as microfiches in 1988 . Other works by Hederich are still available as microfiches.

effect

The Thorough Mythological Dictionary , cited as the “Hederich”, is still useful for Goethe research today, as the first and second editions edited by Johann Joachim Schwabe were in Goethe's possession and were widely used by him. It was also praised in the correspondence with Friedrich Schiller . Even Kleist drew from his mythological knowledge.

Selection of works

  • Thorough mythological lexicon, in which the fabulous, as probable and actual history of the ancient Roman, Greek and Egyptian gods and goddesses and what belongs there, together with their actual formations in the ancient, physical and moral interpretations, brought together and with an appendix useful genealogical tables have been provided. For a better understanding of the fine arts and sciences not only for students, but also for many artists and lovers of old works of art, carefully examined, considerably increased and improved by Johann Joachim Schwaben . Gleditsch, Leipzig 1770. Reprint: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1996, ISBN 3-534-03489-9 . CD-ROM edition: Directmedia, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89853-535-5 .
  • Benjamin Hederich's Latin-German, German-Latin and Greco-Latin, Latin-Greek dictionaries . With an introduction by Franz Josef Hausmann: Old-language lexicography in the Baroque era. The dictionaries of Benjamin Hederich (1675–1748) . Text tape with 66 microfiches. Fischer, Erlangen 1988, ISBN 3-89131-032-3 .
  • Thorough antiquities lexicon in which the most remarkable antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, Romans, Germans and early Christians are adequately described and proven with their Auctoribus, Leipzig bey Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1743 . Microfiches No. 380-396; in case 11 × 16 × 5 cm ISBN 3-598-40627-4

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Hederich, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lexicon author
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH Geithain
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1748
Place of death Grossenhain