Caspar Jakob Huth

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Caspar Jakob Huth (born December 25, 1711 in Frankfurt am Main , † September 14, 1760 in Erlangen ) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor .

Life

Caspar David Huth was the son of the businessman Friedrich Wilhelm Huth.

At first he received private lessons from private tutors in his parents' home and attended school and grammar school in Frankfurt am Main from 1717 to 1729 . During his childhood he visited his grandfather in Gonzenheim , who was a preacher there. When he did not appear in the church in time for the beginning of a service, Caspar David Huth said a few prayers and the blessing, to the amazement of the congregation.

In the winter semester 1729/30 he enrolled to study philology , philosophy and theology at the University of Jena .

On August 3, 1735 he received his Magister phil. and the right to give lectures in Jena; then he held lectures on rhetoric , poetics , exegesis and homiletics at the university.

The University of Erlangen appointed him third professor of theology on October 1, 1743, there he was awarded a doctorate in theology on November 4, 1743, associated with his appointment as university preacher on January 25, 1744, a dual position that he held at the was the first to hold the newly established university.

On October 30, 1748, he was appointed second full professor of theology, as well as pastor of the old town and the school of scholars at the grammar schools in Bayreuth and Erlangen. He introduced pronounced confirmation celebrations in Franconia and was also known as the Franconian lutherus redivivus ("the resurrected Luther ") of the 18th century.

In 1749, he turned down an appointment as first professor of theology at the University of Rinteln . This gave him financial advantages, but not the appointment to the church council that he wanted .

in the years 1746, 1750, 1754 and 1759/1760 he was prorector of the University of Erlangen.

Caspar David Huth was married to Mariana Ursula Hofmann since 1751; the marriage remained childless. He died prematurely of emaciation .

Memberships

  • In 1732 Caspar Jakob Huth was senior of the Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena, which was founded in 1728 as a branch of the Leipzig parent company.
  • On April 18, 1755 he was co-founder and chairman of the German Society in Erlangen, which was founded on the model of the Pegnese Order of Flowers .

Fonts (selection)

literature

  • Caspar Jakob Huth . In: The professors and lecturers at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen 1743-1960 , Part 1: Theological Faculty, Law Faculty, Erlangen 1993. ISBN 3-922135-92-7 . P. 37 f.
  • Caspar Jakob Huth . In: The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , 1st volume. Neustdt ad Orla 1831. pp. 772 f.
  • Caspar Jakob Huth . In: Clemens Alois Baader : Lexicon of deceased Baierischer writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . First Part of Volume Two. AP.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Konrad Hammann: University service and enlightenment sermon: the Göttingen University Church in the 18th century and its place in the history of the university service in German Protestantism . S. 175. Mohr Siebeck, 2000, ISBN 978-3-16-147240-4 ( google.de [accessed on July 9, 2019]).
  2. ^ Carl Joseph Bouginé: Handbook of the general history of literature based on Heumann's outline . S. 334. Orell, 1791 ( google.de [accessed on July 9, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Huth, Caspar Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Huth, Kaspar Jakob; Huth, Kaspar Jacob; Huth, Caspar Jacobus; Huth, Kaspar J .; Huth, Caspar J .; Huthius, Casparus J .; Huthius, Casparus Iacobus; Huthius, Casp. Jacobus; Huth, Caspar Jacob; Huthius, Casparus Jacobus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1711
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1760
Place of death gain