Bernhard Büchsenschütz

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Albert Bernhard Büchsenschütz (born September 6, 1828 in Berlin ; † January 29, 1922 there ) was a German ancient historian and economic historian . In retrospect, what is remarkable about his work is his independent position vis-à-vis the major trends in the history of science in the 19th century. Büchsenschütz was not known outside of a group of experts because he did not pursue an academic career, but a teaching career.

Bernhard Büchsenschütz was the son of the Berlin master shoemaker Johann Jakob Büchsenschütz (1784–1841) and Auguste born. Soul. He attended the Kölln high school and studied philology at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin from 1848 to 1851 . Since the fourth semester he has been a member of the Philological Seminar, which was headed by August Boeckh , Karl Lachmann and Martin Hertz . In addition to his core subjects, he attended lectures and exercises in the subjects philosophy ( Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg , Friedrich Eduard Beneke ), history ( Leopold von Ranke ) and geography ( Carl Ritter , Ernst Curtius ). He dedicated his dissertation on the Orphic Hymns to Ernst Ferdinand August (1795–1870), the rector of the Köllnisches Gymnasium.

After completing his studies, Büchsenschütz worked at the Friedrichwerder Gymnasium (then still "Friedrichs-Gymnasium") in Berlin . In 1855 he was appointed senior teacher and became a full professor of the Untersekunda. In 1869 he received the title of professor. From 1875 to 1897 he headed the Friedrichwerder grammar school as rector.

Büchsenschütz was born in 1856 with Alma Pauline. Schmidt married. On his death, he bequeathed most of his fortune to the Prussian Academy of Sciences . The Bernhard Büchsenschütz Foundation was 100,000 marks. Büchsenschütz also bequeathed his manuscript on a Roman economic history to the academy. Recent archival studies have revealed more details about his biography; a bust, donated by former students on their 90th birthday, is in the Georg-Herwegh-Gymnasium in Berlin, as is a booklet with songs for a party commers on the occasion of Büchsenschütz's retirement on March 31, 1897.

Fonts (selection)

  • De hymnis Orphicis . Berlin, 1851.
  • The kings of Athens . Berlin, 1855.
  • Plutarch's Demosthenes and Cicero. Explained by B. Büchsenschütz Berlin 1857.
  • Xenophon's Greek story: for school use . Teubner, Leipzig 1860 ff.
  • The main centers of industry in classical antiquity [= award papers crowned and published by the Fürstlich Jablonowski'schen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig ]. S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1869.
  • Dream and Interpretation of Dreams in Antiquity . Calvary & Co, Berlin 1868 [reprint: M. Sendet, Wiesbaden 1967].
  • Possession and acquisition in ancient Greece . Halle 1869. [Reprint: Scientia Verlag, Aalen 1962].
  • Studies on Aristotle . Berlin 1881.
  • Remarks on the Roman Economics of the Royal Age . R. Gaertner's publishing house Herm. Heyfelder, Berlin 1886.
  • Greek reading book . 5th revised edition. L. Oehmigke, Berlin 1893.

literature

  • Helmuth Schneider : Büchsenschütz, Albert Bernhard. In: Peter Kuhlmann , Helmuth Schneider (Hrsg.): History of the ancient sciences. Biographical Lexicon (= The New Pauly . Supplements. Volume 6). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02033-8 , Sp. 165 f.
  • Gregor Weber, The Knowledge of Dreams. Albert Bernhard Büchsenschütz (1828–1922) as the archegete of ancient dream research, in: Mark Häberlein / Stefan Paulus / Gregor Weber (eds.), History (s) of knowledge. Festschrift for Wolfgang EJ Weber on his 65th birthday, Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag 2015, 637–654, there for further writings and biographical details.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ familysearch.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.familysearch.org  
  2. ↑ All information about parents, school attendance and studies as well as the date of birth can be found in the Latin curriculum vitae in Büchsenschütz's dissertation.
  3. ↑ Journal for high schools . 9th year (1855), p. 432.
  4. ^ Centralblatt for the entire teaching administration in Prussia . Year 1869, p. 192.
  5. ↑ familysearch.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.familysearch.org  
personal data
SURNAME Büchsenschütz, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Büchsenschütz, Albert Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1922
Place of death Berlin