Christian Gottlob Herzog
Christian Gottlob Herzog (born April 19, 1789 in Seidenberg near Görlitz , † June 21, 1868 in Gera ) was an important educator and school politician.
Life
After graduating from high school in Augustum , he studied Protestant theology and philology at the University of Leipzig from 1806, and in 1808 he joined the Corps Lusatia Leipzig . After the theological exam, he became a teacher at the Leipzig Citizens' School in 1809 .
From 1813 he taught at the Rutheneum , the Princely Reussian State School in Gera. From 1817 vice principal and from 1827 grammar school professor , he was director of the grammar school from 1840 to 1867. In the German Revolution of 1848/49 he participated in the founding of the Conservative Association. In 1862 he chaired the general teachers' meeting in Gera. Actually a theologian, Herzog was one of the great German educators and philologists of his time. He spoke and wrote Latin like his mother tongue and in his educational programs emphasized the value of humanistic education as the basis of all school teaching. In 1866 he retired.
Honors
- Reussian Cross of Honor
- High School Administrator (1858)
- House Order of the White Falcon
- Honorary Citizen of Gera (1863)
- Member of the Academy of Charitable Sciences in Erfurt (1863)
- D. theol. hc of the University of Jena (1863)
- Order of Albrecht (1863)
literature
- Lothholz : Herzog, Christian Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 263.
- Nekrolog from the Geraischer Tageblatt of June 25, 1868, in: Neues Lausitzsches Magazin, Volume 45, Greiz 1868, p. 398.
- Förderverein Goethegymnasium: Under the spell of the Penne. Goethe-Gymnasium Rutheneum since 1608 in Gera , Gera 2007, p. 38 ff.
- Herzog, Christian Gottlob , in: Koesslers Lehrerlexikon (2007). GEB
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910, 149 , 22
- ↑ a b Personal files in the archive of the Corps Lusatia Leipzig
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herzog, Christian Gottlob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seidenberg , Upper Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1868 |
| Place of death | Gera |