Bonaventure Andres
Johann Bonaventura Andres (born May 29, 1743 in Nuremberg , † May 16, 1822 in Würzburg ) was a German Jesuit - father , pedagogue , university teacher and writer.
Life
Andres, whose father and grandfather came from Würzburg, joined the Jesuit order on September 20, 1762. From 1765 he taught for several years at the Kaiser-Heinrich-Gymnasium in Bamberg . In 1771 he went to the University of Würzburg to complete his studies in theology and was awarded a doctorate there on October 6, 1782. theol. PhD .
After the order was abolished by Pope Clement XIV (1773), he was accepted into the spiritual seminary (clerical seminar) in Würzburg. On February 6, 1774, he was ordained a priest (profession), was transferred to Arnstein (Lower Franconia) as a chaplain on February 14 , but was employed as professor of rhetoric at the Wirsberg grammar school in Würzburg in 1775 . In 1782 with an extension in 1797 he was given half a farm in Dettelbach as a fief .
In 1783 Andres became the first professor of classical philology and philosophy ( professor of spiritual eloquence and classical literature ) at the University of Würzburg with the subjects of aesthetics , homiletics and, since 1792, also education . To this it says: "Bonaventura Andres, a fine head, attacked the pedagogy at the root by descending into the treasures of the Quintilian and writing an excellent chrestomathy from it and based his pedagogical lectures." In 1793 he became a school councilor , 1795 appointed to the Real Spiritual Council . In 1796 he was sent to the Johann-Philipp-von-Schönborn-Gymnasium in Münnerstadt as a visitation commissioner . Before 1800 he was appointed dean of the philosophy faculty of the Würzburg University. On April 6, 1814, he became director of the two grammar schools in Würzburg and Münnerstadt.
On August 18, 1807 he became a member of the new grand-ducal Würzburg school commission as a vicariate "because of his bright mindset" and carried out reforms. On October 14, 1816, Andres was retired due to his old age and poor health.
Andres died in poverty on May 16, 1822 “under the most difficult circumstances”. In the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie , Carl Ruland wrote about him: Andres was
"One of the most versatile men of his time, a true promoter of classical education, eagerly helping to raise the young Franconian clergy to the height of true as well as oratorical education and ardent admirer of the Franconian region ."
Works (selection)
- On the preacher's knowledge of the world and people , Würzburg 1788.
- Chrestomathia Qvinctiliana ( online ).
- Jacobi Vanierii Praedium Rusticum , Würzburg 1788.
- Magazine for Preachers to Promote Practical Christianity and Popular Enlightenment , 4 volumes, Würzburg 1789–1792 ( online ).
- New magazine for preachers and pastors , from 1793.
- Quinktilians Pedagogy and Didactics published with annotations , Würzburg 1793.
- Archives for schools and schools, especially for preachers and pastors , Würzburg from 1801.
- New Franconian Chronicle , from 1806.
literature
- Carl Ruland : Andres, Johann Bonaventura . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 450.
- Clemens Alois Baader : Lexicon of deceased Bavarian writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , Volume 2, Part 1 (A – P), Page 3, Verlag Jenisch & Stage, Augsburg / Leipzig 1825 ( biography with catalog of works ).
- Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , Volume 1 (A – H), page 12 f., Verlag Johann Karl Gottfried Wagner, Neustadt (Orla) 1831 ( biography with catalog of works ).
- Joseph Gutenäcker: History of the Gymnasium in Münnerstadt , Volume 1, Page 118, 1835 ( biography ).
- Franz Karl Felder (Hrsg.): Felder's Gelehrten-Lexikon der Catholic clergy in Germany and Switzerland , Volume 1, page 4f., Verlag Thomann, Landshut 1817.
- Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the German writers now living , Volume 1 (1796), page 74 ( list of works ).
- Sylvester Jordan : The Jesuits and Jesuitism , 1839, page 5 ( online ).
- Stephan Gätschenberger: Bavarian Plutarch. A biographical lexicon of famous Bavarians , Volume 1 (1861), page 19 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Bonaventura Andres in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Works by and about Bonaventura Andres in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Some sources also give 1744 as the year of birth.
- ↑ New Franconian Chronicle, Volume 2 (1807), p. 442.
- ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Archives
- ^ Heinrich Ernst Bindseil: Negotiations of the 26th Assembly of German Philologists and School Men in Würzburg (1868) , Volume 26, P. 10, Association of German Philologists and School Men, Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1869 online
- ↑ Würzburger Hof- und Staatskalender für das 1800, p. 94 online - not just in 1809 , as other sources claim.
- ↑ Joachim Heinrich Jäck: Most important moments in life of the royal Bavarian civil and military servants of this century , Volume 1, Page 16, Verlag Wolf, Augsburg 1818 online
First chair: Bonaventura Andres (1783–1809) | Ferdinand Blümm (1809–1821) | Peter von Richarz (1821–1835; previously since 1817 associate professor) | Ernst von Lasaulx (1837–1844; previously since 1835 associate professor) | Franz Josef Hermann Reuter (1844–1867) | Wilhelm Studemund (1869–1870; previously since 1868 associate professor) | Martin Schanz (1874–1912; previously since 1870 associate professor) | Carl Hosius (1913–1933) | Josef Martin (1933–1952) | Rudolf Güngerich (1953–1968) | Carl Joachim Classen (1969–1973) | Udo W. Scholz (1974-2007) | Thomas Baier (since 2008)
Second chair (until 1899 also for classical archeology, 1900–1919 extraordinary professorship): Ludwig von Urlichs (1855–1889) | Karl Sittl (1889–1899) | Thomas Stangl (1900–1921)
Third chair: Franz Boll (1903–1908) | Otto Stählin (1908–1913) | Engelbert Drerup (1913–1923) | Friedrich Pfister (1924–1951) | Franz Dirlmeier (1951–1959) | Ernst Siegmann (1960–1981) | Thomas A. Szlezák (1983–1990) | Michael Erler (1991–2019) | Jan Stenger (since 2020)
Professorship for Classical Philology: Bernd Manuwald (1981–1983) | Ludwig Braun (1985-2008) | Christian Tornau (since 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andres, Bonaventure |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andres, Johann Bonaventura (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious, pedagogue, university professor and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1822 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |