Franz Karl Alter
Franz Karl Alter (born January 27, 1749 in Engelsberg ; † May 29, 1804 in Vienna ) was a linguist .
Life
Born on January 27, 1749 in Engelsberg (Silesia), Franz Karl Alter was educated at the Olomouc grammar school . In 1766 he joined the Jesuit order , but after its dissolution he moved to Vienna. He then studied both church history and the Greek and Hebrew languages at the University of Prague to teach at a grammar school there. After he was then a teacher in Vienna at the public high school of the Theresian Academy Foundation , he was hired in 1779 as a research assistant at the library of the university there. From 1777 to 1779 he was also a teacher in the parish of St. Anna. At the same time he gave lectures on diplomacy at the university . Alter mastered both Oriental and Slavic languages and studied Hellenism ; his linguistic talent came to the fore through his writing . In one of his works he speaks of 165 written works. He died in Vienna on May 29, 1804.
Works (selection)
- Novum Testamentum ad codicem Vindobonensem graece expressum: varietatem lectionis addidit FC Alter (1786)
- Cicero, de finibus bonorum et malorum et de fato (Vienna 1786)
- On Georgian Literature (Vienna 1798)
- Philological-critical miscellanous (Vienna 1799)
- Contribution to practical diplomacy for Slavs (Vienna 1801)
- Contribution to diplomacy (1801)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Alter, Franz Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 16 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Karl Felix Halm : Age, Franz Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 363 f.
- Wilhelm Kratz SJ: Alter, Franz Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 218 ( digitized version ).
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SURNAME | Dude, Franz Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Linguist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1749 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Engelsberg |
DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1804 |
Place of death | Vienna |