Eduard Wilhelm Sievers
Eduard Wilhelm Sievers (born March 19, 1820 in Hamburg ; † December 9, 1894 in Gotha ) was a Shakespeare researcher as well as a councilor , professor and director (1882–83) at the Gotha Gymnasium Ernestinum .
Sievers studied in Halle , Berlin and Bonn from 1839 and received his doctorate in Erlangen in 1842 with De Odrysarum imperio commentatio (which he dedicated to his cousin Gottlob Reinhold Sievers ). After a time at the learned school of the Johanneum in Hamburg, he moved to the Herzogliche Realgymnasium in Gotha in 1845 . At the merger of the Realgymnasium with the Gymnasium Illustre to the Gymnasium Ernestinum in 1859 Sievers was appointed professor. In the revolutionary year of 1848 Sievers was the editor of the supplement to the Gothaische political newspaper .
He was the cousin of Gottlob Reinhold Sievers and the uncle of Wilhelm Sievers .
Works
- De Odrysarum imperio commentatio . P. Neusser, Bonn 1842
- About tragedy in general and Iphigenia in Aulis in particular. Printed as a manuscript Hamburg and Gotha, 1847
- On the basic idea of Shakespeare's drama Othello Gotha, 1851
- Shakespeare's plays edited for wider circles No. 1-5. Leipzig, 1851–53
- Othello ... Explained by Dr. EW Sievers Herrig (L.) Collection of English writers. Bathroom. 4th 1853
- Julius Caesar… Explained by Dr. EW Sievers Herrig (L.) Collection of English writers. Bathroom. 8th 1853
- William Shakespeare. His life and poetry . Rud. Better, Gotha 1866
- Shakespeare's second cycle of medieval dramas. With an introduction by W. Wetz . Reuther & Reichard, Berlin 1896
biography
- Shakespeare Jahrbuch , 31 (1895), pp. 369-370
literature
- CS Lewis , Hamlet: The Prince or the Poem? , Proceedings of the British Academy 18 (1942)
- Wilhelm Wetz: Sievers, Eduard Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, pp. 340-343.
Individual evidence
- ^ Henry Schwieger: Philipp Jakob Speners family and their (Gülich-Sieversche) branch in Hamburg , Hamburg 1911
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sievers, Eduard Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Shakespeare researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1894 |
| Place of death | Gotha |