Christian Pistorius

Christian Brandanus Hermann Pistorius (born May 12, 1763 or 1765 in Poseritz , † November 9, 1823 in Garz / Rügen ) was a German writer and translator.

Life

Christian Pistorius, eldest son of the Poseritz preposition Hermann Andreas Pistorius and his wife Sophie Juliane, daughter of the preposition Christian Anton Brunnemann in Bergen on Rügen , was tutored by his father and private tutors. Without having attended a higher public educational institution, he demonstrated his extensive knowledge in a series of scientific papers. He wrote essays for various magazines and made translations from Latin and English .

Because of his unstable health, he lived in his father's household until his father's death in 1798. Then he moved to his brother Philipp Pistorius (1767-1823), who was pastor in Garz on Rügen, where he was last looked after by his sister-in-law Charlotte Pistorius .

Fonts (selection)

Priestley's liturgy. 1787.
Translations from English
- Middleton: Theological Treatises. 1793.
- James Belsham's essays on subjects of philosophy, theology, literature and politics. Lange, Berlin and Stralsund 1798.
- Evening pastime in entertaining descriptions from real life and mixed essays as a substitute for reading novels. Stiller, Leipzig and Rostock 1807.
- James Riley: Captivity and Travel in Africa. 1817. ( Sufferings in Africa )
Translations from French
- Charles de Brosses : About the service of the fetish gods or comparison of the ancient religion of Egypt with today's religion of Nigritia. Lange, Berlin and Stralsund 1785.
Translations from Latin
- Marcus Annaeus Lucanus : Pharsalia. 1802.
- Dion. Cato's moral distiches translated metrically. 1815.
- Aulus Persius Flaccus : 3rd satire 1812.

literature

Adolf Häckermann : Pistorius, Hermann Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 195. (in the father's article).

Web links

Literature about Christian Pistorius in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

^ Adolf Häckermann : Pistorius, Christian Brandanus Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 195.
↑ Erich Gülzow : Home letters Ernst Moritz Arndt. In: Rügisch-Pommerscher Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Pommersche Jahrbücher 3rd supplementary volume, Julius Abel, Greifswald 1919, p. 230.
↑ Erich Gülzow : Home letters Ernst Moritz Arndt. In: Rügisch-Pommerscher Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Pommersche Jahrbücher 3rd supplementary volume, Julius Abel, Greifswald 1919, p. 5.

personal data
SURNAME	Pistorius, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pistorius, Christian Brandanus Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1763 or May 12, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH	Poseritz
DATE OF DEATH	November 9, 1823
Place of death	Garz / Rügen

[1] Adolf Häckermann : Pistorius, Christian Brandanus Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 195.

[2] Erich Gülzow : Home letters Ernst Moritz Arndt. In: Rügisch-Pommerscher Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Pommersche Jahrbücher 3rd supplementary volume, Julius Abel, Greifswald 1919, p. 230.

[3] Erich Gülzow : Home letters Ernst Moritz Arndt. In: Rügisch-Pommerscher Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Pommersche Jahrbücher 3rd supplementary volume, Julius Abel, Greifswald 1919, p. 5.