Franz Cramer (classical philologist)

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Franz Cramer (born October 25, 1860 in Münstereifel , † November 25, 1923 in Elberfeld ) was a German classical philologist and high school teacher.

life and work

Franz Cramer, the son of the grammar school teacher Franz Cramer (1811-1884), attended the grammar school in his hometown, where he was particularly influenced by the director Joseph Pohl (1835-1922). During his school days he was drawn to various scientific fields and decided to become a publisher and bookseller. In 1879 he studied law at the University of Bonn . In 1880 he began his military service in Freiburg im Breisgau , where he was dismissed after a few months as unfit for service. He continued his studies at the University of Marburg . There he turned to philology. His fellow students included Johann Alphons Simon, later a high school teacher in Cologne, and Johann Baptist Keune , later head of the museum in Metz. In the spring of 1884 Cramer passed the teaching examination, in 1886 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD .

After completing his studies, Cramer completed the probationary year at the Royal High School in Düsseldorf and worked as a scientific assistant teacher in Münstereifel, Birkenfeld and Duisburg, and finally at the Municipal High School and Realgymnasium in Düsseldorf, where he also got a permanent position. On April 1, 1902, Cramer was appointed head of the grammar school and Realprogymnasium in Eschweiler. On June 1, 1908, he returned to Düsseldorf, where he became director of the Royal Hohenzollern Gymnasium (later the Görres Gymnasium). The management of the educational seminar was connected with this position.

Just three years later (October 1, 1911) Cramer moved to the provincial school college in Münster , where he was responsible for school administration and teacher training for the province. At the same time he was head of the educational seminar, chairman of the scientific examination committee and examiner in philosophy. In 1919 he also received a teaching position for "West German Classical Studies" at the University of Münster .

In addition to his teaching and administrative tasks, Cramer was also scientifically active. His production was fed by his ties to his homeland and his teaching activities. He published numerous individual studies on Roman history in the Rhine Province and Westphalia , as well as topographical and onomatological studies and the popular overall presentation of Germany in Roman times (first in 1912).

Cramer was open to reform efforts at schools. In 1907 he was one of the first to advocate freedom of choice of subjects (as opposed to the dominance of Latin). At the same time he emphasized the educational value of the humanistic grammar school. He laid down his views in his main pedagogical work: The Latin Lessons . A handbook for teachers (1919). He also made numerous contributions to history and German lessons.

Fonts (selection)

  • De perfecti conjunctivi usu potentiali apud priscos scriptores Latinos . Marburg 1886 (dissertation)
  • Inscriptions on glasses from the Roman Rhineland . Düsseldorf 1900
  • Rhenish place names from pre-Roman and Roman times . Düsseldorf 1901. Reprint Wiesbaden 1970
  • From the prehistoric times of Eschweiler and its surroundings . Aachen 1905
  • On the history of the high school in Eschweiler . Eschweiler 1905
  • Africa in its relations to the ancient world of culture . Gütersloh 1907
  • The Roman Trier . Gütersloh 1911
  • Germany in Roman times . Berlin / Leipzig 1912. Reprint Berlin / Leipzig 1920
  • Roman-Germanic studies. Collected contributions to Roman-Germanic antiquity . Wroclaw 1914
  • Latin lessons. A handbook for teachers . Berlin 1919
  • Education for the German people's consciousness . Munster 1919
  • On the trail of the Roman legions . Saarbrücken 1925

literature

  • Simon Widmann: Franz Cramer . In: Annual report on the progress of classical antiquity . Volume 202 (1924), Nekrologe, pp. 193-205
  • Simon Widmann: Cramer, Franz . In: German biographical yearbook . Volume 5 (1923), 1930, pp. 52-54

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personal data
SURNAME Cramer, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Münstereifel
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1923
Place of death Elberfeld