Celestine Flottwell
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.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation: Orator Romanus Philosophus (MDZ)
- ↑ Manfred Kühn: Kant. A Biography (2001)
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002. ISBN 3-88189-441-1 , p.
- ^ Teaching staff at the Albertus University in the 18th century
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Cölestin Christian Flottwell. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed October 29, 2015 (Russian).
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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. |