Dietrich Martin Luther
Dietrich Martin Luther (born July 8 . Jul / 19th July 1772 greg. In Tallinn , Governorate of Estonia , † November 12 . Jul / 24. November 1861 . Greg Tallinn) was a Baltic German merchant, notary, publisher and journalist.
Life and journalism
Luther was born as the son of the Silesian-Estonian entrepreneur Georg Christian Luther (1717–1800) in Tallinn (German Reval ). One of his brothers was the merchant Christian Wilhelm Luther senior. (1774–1841), who continued the father's company and developed it into one of the leading companies in Estonia at the time.
From 1807 to 1852 Luther published the German-language newspaper Revalsche Weekly News in Tallinn , which had been founded in 1772. He remained active as a newspaper editor until the end of his life. He was a senior man in the Tallinn Great Guild.
Private life
Dietrich Martin Luther was with Marianne Johanna Luther, geb. Hörschelmann, (1789–1847) married. She came from a well-known family of scholars and theologians. Luther's father-in-law was the Tallinn professor Ernst August Wilhelm Hörschelmann (1743–1795), who was editor of the Revalische Weekly News from 1772 until his death .
Dietrich Martin Luther and his wife had six sons and five daughters, most of whom had an influence on the intellectual history of Estonia in the 19th century:
- Friederike Amalie Luther (1807–1837) married her cousin, the theologian Johann Christian Luther (1804–1853)
- Antoinette Natalie Luther married the pastor Otto August Leopold Hörschelmann (1800–1884)
- August Dietrich Luther became a businessman
- Theodor Dietrich Witgenstein Luther (1812–1869) embarked on a theological career
- Karl Dietrich Luther (1814–1890) became a doctor
- Robert Johann Dietrich Luther (1816–1888) became pastor.
- After the death of her sister Antoinette Natalie, Charlotte Marie Wilhelmine married her widower Otto August Leopold Hörschelmann (1800–1884)
- Wilhelm Dietrich Ferdinand Luther became an entrepreneur
- Marianne Luise Karoline (1823-1903) married the pastor Carl Eduard Hasselblatt (1820-1889)
- Alexander Eduard Dietrich Luther became a lawyer
- Pauline Adele Luther married the theologian Carl Theodor Knüpffer (1823–1871)
literature
- Genealogia Lutherorum rediviva, or, News about the Luther Family in Estonia and Russia. Total from Robert Luther ; supplemented and annotated by Carl Russwurm . Reval 1883
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luther, Dietrich Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German businessman, notary, publisher and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1772 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1861 |
| Place of death | Tallinn |