Christian Gottfried Grabener

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Christian Gottfried Grabener (born April 15, 1714 in Freiberg ; † November 30, 1778 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a German educator .

Life

Christian Gottfried Grabener was a son of the German educator Theophilus Grabener . He attended the Princely School in Meissen , where he met Gellert and Rabener and made friends with them. After that he devoted himself at the University of Leipzig of theology , but also dealt with the study of ancient languages and archeology , as he intended to seek a job as a university teacher. For this purpose, after completing his studies, he acquired the degree of philosophical master's degree ( Dissertatio ad Genesis XII, July 6 , Leipzig 1737) by the defense of an antiquarian-geographical treatise carried out under the chairmanship of Professor Klausing . Furthermore, he sought to recommend himself to the learned world through another treatise relating to the judiciary of the Romans ( Dissertatio continens stricturas antiquariis de commentariis actorum veterum in foro litigantium , Leipzig 1738).

Since Grabener was just as unsuccessful as his father in achieving his goal at the university, in 1738 he accepted the position of vice principal at the city school in Meißen. He also continued his research in classical studies, as his occasional writings from this period show:

  • Programma de honoroficentissimo patris titulo , Meissen 1739
  • Epistola gratulatoria de fratribus longis , Meißen 1741
  • Programma de posca , Meissen 1741
  • De Epimenide Athenarum lustratore animadversiones antiquariae ad Diogenis Laertii I, 10 , Meißen 1742

In 1742 Grabener was appointed rector of the Latin School in the Neustadt in Dresden . In addition to managing his office, he continued to work as a writer. His attention seems to have turned to the old German literature, which is gradually gaining more attention, because his treatises on the singer's war on the Wartburg ( Programma I – III de Bello Wartenburgensi , Dresden 1745) and on the book of heroes ( Programma I-VI de libro heroico , Heldenbuch vocato , Dresden 1744–47) reveal an exact knowledge of this literary genre. His views on the book of heroes met with rejection from Johann Christoph Gottsched and embroiled him in an uncomfortable quarrel, which Gottsched in his magazine Latest from graceful erudition (Vol. 12) and von Grabener in Baumgarten's News of Strange Books (Vol. 3) was performed. Science did not derive any benefit from this literary controversy.

Grabener also wrote studies on historical and antiquarian topics, such as the bodyguard of the Roman and Byzantine emperors ( Dissertatio de nomine ac origine protectorum s. Satellitum Imperatorum Romanorum et Constantinopolitanorum , Dresden 1751; Dissertatio de scholis protectorum , Dresden 1751) and the imperial administrator Heinrich Raspe ( De Henrico Raspone, Sacri Imperii per Germaniam procuratore , Dresden 1748). The biography of his father ( Evocationum divinarum… notatio , Dresden 1751) is well done. As before, he also pursued theological studies and wrote the following treatises in this field:

  • Commentationes I et II de acoluthis , Dresden 1748–49
  • Programma de carminibus apostolicis , Dresden 1749
  • Programma de formula Κυριε ἐλεεισον , Dresden 1750
  • Programma de portis coeli , Dresden 1750

Grabener's scientific endeavors and his thorough knowledge of pedagogy were recognized and prompted his appointment as vice rector of the school gate in 1751 and his appointment as rector of the same institution in 1761. This office seems to have taken full advantage of him. His advanced age probably also took away his desire to write, because there is only one known work that he published at the school gate during the period in which he was active, namely a speech about the religious peace concluded in Augsburg in 1555 ( Oratio de Germania ante CC annos divinitus pacata , Naumburg 1755).

The friendships Grabener had made in school and university lasted throughout his life. He died on November 30, 1778 at the age of 64 at the school gate.

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personal data
SURNAME Grabener, Christian Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1714
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1778
Place of death Naumburg (Saale)