Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorf
Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorf (also Ernst Gotthelf von Gersdorf, also Karl Gotthelf) (born November 2, 1804 in Tautendorf , † January 5, 1874 in Leipzig ) was a German librarian and historian.
Life
Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorf was the eldest son of the evangelical clergyman Christoph Gotthelf Gersdorf (1763–1834), who was spiritual inspector and pastor in Tautendorf and local adjunct in Monstab near Altenburg . Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorf graduated from the Friedrichgymnasium in Altenburg . In 1820 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig to study theology and philosophy.
From 1826 he worked as a secretary at the Royal Public Library in Dresden under the direction of Friedrich Adolph Ebert . In 1833, as the successor to the philologist Christian Daniel Beck , he was appointed head of the university library in Leipzig . He became the first full-time librarian at Germany's (then) third largest library. He was instrumental in clearing up handwriting theft by Wilhelm Bruno Lindner .
Gersdorf published numerous works on Saxon history, including the document edition Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae .
In addition, Gersdorf was a member of numerous scientific and literary associations, such as B. the Philosophical-Historical Class of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences " in Leipzig. Gersdorf's literary pseudonym was Woldemar Egg .
Works
- Bibliotheca Patrum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum selecta . Leipzig 1838–1847.
- Clemens <Papa, I.>: Recognitiones . Lipsiae 1838. 254 pp.
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Repertory of the entire German literature . Leipzig Vol. 1 (1834) - Vol. 34 (1842).
- Continuation: Leipzig Repertory of German and Foreign Literature . Leipzig Vol. 1 (1843) - Vol. 72 (1860).
- Chronicon terrae Misnensis seu Buchense . Leipzig 1839. 33 pp.
- On the territorial history of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg . Leipzig 1854. 47 pp.
- City book of Leipzig from 1359 . Leipzig 1856.
- The collection of documents of the German Society . Leipzig 1856.
- Document book of the Meissen Monastery . 3 volumes, Leipzig 1864–1867. (Part of the series Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae ).
- Contribution to the history of the University of Leipzig . Leipzig 1869. 141 pp.
- Document book of the city of Meissen and its monasteries . Leipzig 1873. 455 pp.
- Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae . Leipzig 1882 ff.
literature
- Friedrich August Eckstein : Gersdorf, Karl Gotthelf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 55 f.
- Hans Lülfing : Gersdorf, Ernst Gotthelf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 317 f. ( Digitized version ).
Footnotes
- ^ New necrology of the Germans . Publishing house by Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar, vol. 12 (1834), vol. 2, p. 1273.
- ↑ Otto Posse : Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, its previous edition and its continuation . Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig 1876.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorf in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://aeb.sbb.spk-berlin.de/archiv6.html
- http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~agintern/uni600/ug140.htm The development of the Leipzig libraries
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gersdorf, Ernst Gotthelf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gotthelf, Karl; Gersdorf, Ernst Gotthelf from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librarian and historian, director of the Leipzig University Library |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tautendorf (Thuringia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1874 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |