Bernhard Rudolf Abeken
Bernhard Rudolf Abeken (born December 1, 1780 in Osnabrück ; † February 24, 1866 there ) was a German philologist and teacher.
Life
Bernhard Rudolf Abeken was a son of the Osnabrück businessman Johann Wilhelm Abeken (1753–1800) and brother of the classical philologist and teacher Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken (). He studied theology and philosophy at the University of Jena . From 1803 he was tutor to Eberhard von der Recke in Berlin and from 1808 to Friedrich Schiller in Weimar . In 1810 he became vice principal of the Fridericianum grammar school in Rudolstadt . In 1815 he went to the Ratsgymnasium in Osnabrück and was rector there in 1841 . In 1863 he retired . His grave is on the Hasefriedhof in Osnabrück.
Bernhard Rudolf Abeken was the father of the classical archaeologist Wilhelm Abeken (1813–1843) and the author and politician Hermann Abeken (1820–1854). The theologian and politician Heinrich Abeken (1809–1872) and the politician Christian Wilhelm Ludwig von Abeken (1826–1890) were his nephews.
Fonts
Of his literary works, apart from a complete edition of Justus Möser's works (Berlin 1842–43, 10 vols.), Special mention should be made of:
- Contributions to the study of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1826. ( digitized version )
- Cicero in his letters. A guide through the same. With reference to the times in which they were written. Hahn, Hanover 1835 ( digitized version ).
- A piece from Goehte's life for understanding individual works of the same. Nicolai, Berlin 1845. ( digitized version )
- Speech to celebrate Goethe's birth on Aug. 28, 1849 at the Osnabrückschen Raths-Gymnasium. Kissling, Osnabrück 1849. ( digitized version )
- The secular celebration of the birth of Schiller at the grammar school of the city of Osnabrück on November 9th, 1859. Kissling, Osnabrück 1859. ( digitized version )
- Greifensee. Novel. Rümpler, Hanover 1862. ( digitized volume 1 ), ( volume 2 )
- Goethe in the years 1771 to 1775. Rümpler, Hannover 1865. ( digitized 2nd edition 1865 )
- Goethe in my life. Memories and reflections. Edited by Adolf Heuermann.Böhlau, Weimar 1904. ( digitized version )
literature
- Karl Felix Halm : Abeken, Bernhard Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 8 f.
- Wilhelm Rothert : General Hannoversche Biography , Volume 2: In the Old Kingdom of Hanover 1814–1866 . Hannover: Sponholtz, Hannover 1914, pp. 1-9.
- Walter Goetz: Abeken, Bernhard Rudolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 8 ( digitized version ).
- Gero von Wilpert : Goethe-Lexikon (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 407). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-40701-9 , p. 1.
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernhard Rudolf Abeken in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bernhard Rudolph Abeken in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Bernhard Rudolf Abeken's estate in the Goethe and Schiller Archives Weimar
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Abeken, Bernhard Rudolf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abeken, Bernhard Rudolph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and philologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1780 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Osnabrück |
DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1866 |
Place of death | Osnabrück |