Ferdinand Justi

Grave of Ferdinand Justi in the main cemetery in Marburg (2017)

Ferdinand Wilhelm Jacob Justi (born June 2, 1837 in Marburg ; † February 17, 1907 ibid) was a German orientalist who also became known as an actor and researcher of rural and peasant culture in Hesse at the end of the 19th century.

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Ferdinand Justi studied linguistics at the Philipps University of Marburg and the Georg August University of Göttingen . He joined the Marburger Wingolf . In 1861 he completed his habilitation in Marburg, where he became an associate professor in 1865 and a full professor of comparative grammar and German philology in 1869. In 1875 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . In 1887/88 he was rector . In 1898 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

In addition to his university activities, he meticulously studied the life of the Hessian rural population in the last third of the 19th century, especially in the closer and wider area of Marburg, wrote down his observations and recorded them in countless sketches and watercolors. His main motifs included buildings, furnishings, agricultural implements and, above all, hinterland costumes with their colors, subtleties and accessories.

He was married to Helene Schepp. Their son Ludwig Justi was an art historian.

Ferdinand Justi's estate is part of the Justi family archive and is kept as a deposit in the Hessian State Archives in Marburg (inventory 340 Justi).

Publications

Zendlanguage manual . Leipzig 1864.
Dictionnaire kurdish francaise . Petersburg 1879.
History of ancient Persia . Berlin 1879 (= general history in individual representations ) .
Kurdish grammar . Saint Petersburg 1880.
A History of All Nations . Lea Brothers, 1902.
History of the Oriental Peoples in Antiquity . Berlin 1884.
Iranian name book . Marburg 1884.
Hessian costume book . Marburg 1899–1905.

literature

Eberhard WL Justi: Justi, Ferdinand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , pp. 703 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Wikisource: Ferdinand Justi - Sources and full texts

Commons : Ferdinand Justi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Ferdinand Justi in the catalog of the German National Library

Remarks

↑ See Hessian State Archives Marburg (HStAMR), Cat. 915 no. 5696, p 93 ( digitized ) ..
↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 126.
^ Rector's speeches (HKM) .
^ Members of the predecessor academies Ferdinand Justi .
↑ Overview of the holdings “Familienarchiv Justi; 1658–1984 “ (HStAM inventory 340 Justi). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), accessed on July 3, 2011.

personal data
SURNAME	Justi, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Justi, Ferdinand Wilhelm Jacob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 2, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marburg
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 1907
Place of death	Marburg

[1] See Hessian State Archives Marburg (HStAMR), Cat. 915 no. 5696, p 93 ( digitized ) ..

[2] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 126.

[3] Rector's speeches (HKM) .

[4] Members of the predecessor academies Ferdinand Justi .

[5] Overview of the holdings “Familienarchiv Justi; 1658–1984 “ (HStAM inventory 340 Justi). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), accessed on July 3, 2011.