Charles Beck
Charles (originally Karl ) Ludwig Beck (born August 19, 1798 in Heidelberg , † March 19, 1866 in Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States ) was a German-American philologist , theologian and politician .
Life
Born as the son of a businessman and stepson of Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette , Beck studied classical philology and theology in Berlin , Tübingen and Heidelberg after attending the humanistic high school in Heidelberg. During his studies he became a member of the Germania Tübingen fraternity in 1820 and a member of the old Heidelberg fraternity in 1822 . In 1821 he was a member of the Streitberger Burschentag . He was a member of the Youth League . In 1823 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . After his studies, he was persecuted as a fraternity and fled to Basel to his stepfather . There he completed his degree in theology and subsequently worked as a private lecturer . In 1824 he emigrated with Karl Follen to the USA, where he worked, among other things, at the Round Hill School, founded a school and from 1832 became Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Harvard College . In 1850 he retired . In 1843 he became a member of the American Oriental Society , in 1845 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1865 he became a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts for Cambridge . He wrote numerous writings.
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: A – E. Heidelberg 1996, pp. 68-69.
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| SURNAME | Beck, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beck, Karl Ludwig (original name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American philologist, theologian and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1866 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , Massachusetts |