Ernst Leberecht Semper
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Ernst Leberecht Semper (born June 1, 1722 in Heidewilxen , today Polish: Wilczyn; † March 8, 1758 Landeshut in Silesia ) was a German Lutheran clergyman and song writer.
Ernst Leberecht Semper's father was a preacher in Heidewilxen in the Principality of Oels . After attending grammar school in Breslau , Semper studied theology in Jena from 1741 to 1744 . He then became pastor in Obernigk and in 1749 second deacon in Landeshut in Silesia. A few weeks after he was appointed archdeacon, Semper died at the age of 36.
Semper was friends with Christian Samuel Ulber , who in 1763 revised poems by Semper and mixed them with his own poems under the title The God Pleading and Praising Voices of Devotion in Hamburg.
Works
- Poems. Edited by Johann Gottlieb Jachmann, Korn, Breslau and Leipzig 1761 ( digitized version )
literature
- Iu: Semper, Ernst Leberecht . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 706.
Web links
- Consortium of European Research Libraries : Ernst Leberecht Semper Catalog of Works
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Semper, Ernst Leberecht |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran clergyman and song poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1722 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidewilxen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1758 |
| Place of death | Landshut |