Ernst Graf (philologist)

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Heinrich Ernst Graf (born April 20, 1861 in Meißen ; † November 12, 1940 in Quedlinburg ) was a German classical philologist and grammar school teacher who taught at the grammar schools in Gumbinnen and Quedlinburg. His research focus was ancient music and music theory .

Life

Ernst Graf was the son of the orientalist, Old Testament scholar and grammar school teacher Karl Heinrich Graf (1815–1869). From Easter 1874 to Easter 1880 he attended the State and Princely School St. Afra in Meißen and then studied Classical Philology at the University of Leipzig . After graduating as Dr. phil. on May 27, 1884, on November 18, 1884, he passed the teaching examination in Latin, Greek, history (for all classes) and German (up to lower level II). His probationary year in the Saxon school service (at the Thomas School in Leipzig , started on January 1, 1885) he interrupted from April 1, 1885 for a year to do his military service. Even after finishing his time as a one-year volunteer , Graf remained connected to his regiment and took part in exercises. On November 18, 1889, he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Reserve and on November 18, 1897, Prime Lieutenant of the Landwehr.

From April 1 to September 30, 1886, Graf completed his remaining probationary year at the State and Princely School in Meissen, where he was then temporarily employed as an assistant teacher. To April 1, 1887, however, put Count this place down and went to the University of Marburg in order to Classical Philology habilitation . His habilitation took place on March 2, 1889. He then held lectures from the 1889 summer semester to the 1891 summer semester. Since there was no sign of an appointment to a professorship, Graf gave up his academic career after two years and entered the Prussian school service as a candidate in August 1891.

From April 1, 1892, Graf taught as a temporary assistant teacher at the Royal High School in Gumbinnen ( East Prussia ). A year later he was employed there as a senior teacher. On October 1, 1894, he moved in the same capacity to the Royal High School in Quedlinburg , where he spent his entire subsequent career. In 1905 he was appointed high school professor.

During the First World War , Graf took leave of Quedlinburg and taught (as captain of the Landwehr) at the NCO's pre-school in Annaburg . On October 1, 1923, he retired in Quedlinburg.

Like many high school teachers of his time, Graf published several scientific treatises, mainly as supplements to the course catalog, the school program or in magazines. His research focus was ancient music and music theory . In addition to individual studies, he also wrote two dozen articles for the revision of Pauly's Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity (RE), which his Marburg colleague Georg Wissowa published from 1891.

Fonts (selection)

  • Ad aureae aetatis fabulam symbola . Dissertation, Leipzig 1884 (published in: Leipziger Studies for Classical Philology . Volume 8, 1885, pp. 1-84)
  • De Graecorum veterum re musica quaestionum capita duo . Marburg 1889 (habilitation thesis)
  • Rhythm [sic!] And meter. To synonymy . Marburg 1891
  • Pindar's logaedic stanzas . Marburg 1892
  • The theory of acoustics in ancient Greece . Gumbinnen 1894 (school program)
  • The struggle for music in ancient Greece . Quedlinburg 1907 (school program)

literature

  • Franz Gundlach: Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis. The academic teachers at the Philipps University of Marburg 1527–1910 . Marburg 1927, p. 344.
  • Afranian ecce. Memorial for the dead of the old school group of the former Princely and State School St. Afra in Meissen . 46th issue (1941), p. 44 (only advertisement, no obituary)
  • Yearbook of teachers in secondary schools ("Kunzes Calendar") . 48th year, school year 1941/42, p. 10 *

Web links

Wikisource: Ernst Graf  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On September 4, 1889, Georg Wissowa expressed himself very cautiously in a report for the Ministerialdirektor Friedrich Althoff about Graf's scientific talent and his lack of teaching success ( Secret State Archive Prussian Cultural Heritage . VI HA Family Archives and Legacies. Estate Friedrich Althoff, No. 122).
personal data
SURNAME Count, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graf, Heinrich Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1940
Place of death Quedlinburg