Enoch Svantenius (the younger)

Enoch Svantenius , called the Younger or III. , also Enoch Schwante (born March 11, 1652 in Rostock ; † July 23, 1717 there ) was a German educator and poet.

Epitaph in St. Catherine's

Life

He was born as the son of the archdeacon of the same name and later professor of theology at the University of Rostock Enoch Schwante the Elder. Ä. (1618–1674) and Katharina Tarnow.

After studying in Kiel and Rostock , he received his master's degree in 1671 . In 1678 he received the chair for poetics at the University of Rostock. In 1686 the City Council of Lübeck appointed him to succeed Abraham Hinckelmann as Rector of the Katharineum .

Schwante is buried in Lübeck's Katharinenkirche , where he received a stately epitaph on the first southern pillar of the central nave .

His extensive work ( Zedler lists 109 fonts) includes for the most part program and personal fonts , of which only a small part has survived.

literature

Adolf Hofmeister : Svantenius [family article] . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 246 f.
Suantenius or Swantenius, Enoch. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 40, Leipzig 1744, column 1495-198.
Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 9953 .

Web links

Literature by and about Enoch Svantenius in the catalog of the German National Library
Publications by and about Enoch Svantenius in VD 17 .
Publications by and about Enoch Svantenius in VD 18 .
Literature about Enoch Svantenius in the state bibliography MV
Entry on Enoch Schwante (the younger) in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium

References and comments

↑ Enoch Schwante the Elder's matriculation. J. in the Rostock matriculation portal
↑ Doctorate to Bachelor and Magister from Enoch Schwante the Elder. J. in the Rostock matriculation portal
↑ Reception by Enoch Schwante the Elder. J. in the Rostock matriculation portal
↑ Complete text of the inscription with explanation and translation by: Adolf Clasen: Verhabene Schätze - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, ISBN 3-7950-0475-6 , p. 46 ff.

predecessor	Office	successor
Abraham Hinckelmann	Rector of the Katharineum in Lübeck 1686 - 1717	Johann Henrich von Seelen

personal data
SURNAME	Svantenius, Enoch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schwante, Enoch; Suantenius d. J., Enoch; Swante d. J., Enoch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Educator and poet
DATE OF BIRTH	March 11, 1652
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rostock
DATE OF DEATH	July 23, 1717
Place of death	Rostock

[1] Enoch Schwante the Elder's matriculation. J. in the Rostock matriculation portal

[2] Doctorate to Bachelor and Magister from Enoch Schwante the Elder. J. in the Rostock matriculation portal

[3] Reception by Enoch Schwante the Elder. J. in the Rostock matriculation portal

[4] Complete text of the inscription with explanation and translation by: Adolf Clasen: Verhabene Schätze - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, ISBN 3-7950-0475-6 , p. 46 ff.