Christian Gottlieb Lieberkühn

Christian Gottlieb Lieberkühn (* around 1730 in Potsdam ; † 1761 there ) was a German writer and translator.

Lieberkühn began to study theology at the University of Halle in 1752 ; He was able to publish his dissertation the following year under Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten .

At the beginning of the Silesian War , the King of Prussia, Frederick II , had him recruited for his army. During the Seven Years' War Lieberkühn served as a field preacher in the Prussian army .

In addition to his official duties, Lieberkühn began to publish his works and over time also made a name for himself as a translator.

Works

as an author

• Arzeneyen . Winter, Berlin 1759.
• De indole, auctoritate numeroque conciliorum oecumenicorum . Dissertation, University of Halle / Saale 1753.
• Songs, stories, epistles and serious pieces . Lankisch, Leipzig 1755.
• The Lisbon people. A civil tragedy in an elevator . Breslau 1758. (Reprint: Wehrhahn, Hannover 2005, ISBN 3-86525-014-9 )
• My pleasure . Lankisch, Leipzig 1759.

as translator

• Idylls Theocrits , Musk and Bions . Lange, Berlin 1757.
• Georg Ludwig von Bar : Poetic Works . Voss, Berlin 1756.
• Publius Vergilius Maro : The pastoral poems . Lange, Berlin 1758.

literature

• Walther Killy et al. a. (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Vol. 6, Saur, Munich 1997, p. 380.

Web links

• Literature by and about Christian Gottlieb Lieberkühn in the catalog of the German National Library