Celestine Flottwell

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Cölestin Flottwell (born April 5, 1711 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † January 2, 1759 ibid) was a German German philologist . He worked as a teacher and university professor in Königsberg.

Life

Flottwell studied Classical Philology at the Albertus University in Königsberg . In 1737 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . In the (highly political) orthodox-liberal theologian dispute over Lutheranism and Pietism , he said on April 2, 1739: "The theological faculty is racing, and the Spanish Inquisition is still milder than it is."

At Johann Christoph Gottsched's instigation, he founded the Royal German Society (Königsberg) in 1741 . He presented her with a plan for a German dictionary . In 1750 he became rector of the cathedral school , the oldest school in East Prussia . At the Albertus University he was a professor of rhetoric . In December 1755 he became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg . He died at the age of 48.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dissertation: Orator Romanus Philosophus (MDZ)
  2. ↑ Manfred Kühn: Kant. A Biography (2001)
  3. ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002. ISBN 3-88189-441-1 , p.
  4. ^ Teaching staff at the Albertus University in the 18th century
  5. ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Cölestin Christian Flottwell. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed October 29, 2015 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Flottwell, Celestine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flottwell, Cölestin Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist; Teacher and university professor in Königsberg
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1711
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg i. Pr.
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1759
Place of death Koenigsberg i. Pr.