Ferdinand Orth

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Ferdinand Orth (full name Ferdinand Gottlieb Ernst Orth , born November 18, 1856 in Kassel , † April 11, 1922 in Nordhausen ) was a German ancient historian and high school teacher. He was the high school director in Schleusingen (1905–1912) and Nordhausen (1912–1922).

Life

Ferdinand Orth, the son of the tax auditor Ernst Orth, attended the Friedrichsgymnasium in Kassel and the Royal Gymnasium in Hersfeld . After graduation on September 16, 1878, he first completed his military service as a one-year volunteer (1878–1879) in Göttingen and then studied modern philology (French and English) and history at the university there . He spent a few semesters at the University of Strasbourg , where he on August 5, 1882 the study about rhyme and stanza in the old French poetry to Dr. phil. received a doctorate ; he dedicated the work to his supervisor, the Romanist Gustav Gröber . Orth passed the teaching examination on March 3, 1883 in Göttingen and received the license to teach in French, English, history and geography for all classes. He completed the probationary year from April to July 1883 at the secondary school in Kassel and then until March 1884 at the grammar school in Hadamar , where on February 16, 1884 he took an additional examination for the subjects of religion and Latin. As early as April 1, 1884, he received a permanent position as a senior teacher in Hadamar. On April 1, 1888, he moved to the Kaiser-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main . During this time he acquired the license to teach Greek in 1895 and received the title of professor on June 30, 1902.

On October 1, 1902, Orth changed to the provincial school council in Kassel as a technical assistant. Three years later, on October 1, 1905, he was appointed director of the Hennebergisches Gymnasium in Schleusingen ( Thuringia ). There he campaigned for the sparse rooms of the school building to be designed in an appealing way, and was successful after a short time. He described the redesign of the interior with colored paint and 40 casts of ancient works of art in the invitation letter from the grammar school in 1909. In addition, he acquired a small collection of ancient original works ( Tanagra figures , vases and urns) as well as models with which he set up a school museum.

On October 1, 1912, Orth moved to the Königliche Gymnasium in Nordhausen , which he headed until he retired and which, like the Schleusinger Gymnasium, had it renovated. During the First World War he served as a reserve officer (first lieutenant, captain from March 22, 1915) and received the Landwehr service award, 2nd class, for his service. He was later appointed to be a privy councilor . He retired on April 1, 1922. A few hours after his departure, he suffered a stroke and died on April 11, 1922.

In addition to teaching, Orth dealt with various aspects of ancient economic and cultural history. He wrote treatises and (from 1906) numerous articles in Paulys Realenzyklopädie der Classical Antiquity (RE).

Fonts (selection)

  • About rhyme and stanzas in old French poetry . Kassel 1882 (dissertation, University of Strasbourg)
  • The agriculture of the Romans . Frankfurt am Main 1900 (school program)
  • Viticulture and winemaking of the Romans . Frankfurt am Main 1902 (school program)
  • On the question of the stage performance of Aeschylean Prometheus . Schleusingen 1908 (school program)
  • The artistic decoration of the Schleusingen grammar school . Schleusingen 1909 (school program)
  • The dog in ancient times . Schleusingen 1910 (school program)
  • In memory of Heinrich von Kleist . Schleusingen 1912 (school program)

literature

  • Royal high school in Nordhausen. Program for the 1912-1913 school year . Nordhausen 1913
  • Festschrift for the 350th anniversary of the state high school in Schleusingen 1577–1927 . Suhl 1927, pp. 11-13.

Web links

Wikisource: Ferdinand Orth  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date and place of death: The thousand-year-old Nordhausen. Volume II of the revision: Chronicle of the City of Nordhausen 1802 to 1989 . Horb am Neckar 1993, p. 258.
  2. ↑ Festschrift for the 350th anniversary of the State Henneberg High School in Schleusingen 1577–1927 . Suhl 1927, pp. 11-13.
personal data
SURNAME Orth, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Orth, Ferdinand Gottlieb Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ancient historian and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1922
Place of death Nordhausen