Franz Wüllner (philologist)

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Franz Wüllner

Franz Wüllner (born November 27, 1798 in Sallinghausen near Eslohe , † June 22, 1842 in Düsseldorf ) was a German classical philologist , comparative linguist and grammar school director.

Life

Wüllner was the later son of a farming family. His parents were Johannes Wüllner (* 1756; † April 3, 1815) and Maria Margaretha Nurk (* October 20, 1756; † June 15, 1817). He had to finish primary school at the age of 12. His urge for higher education led to the completion of the Normal School of Friedrich Adolf Sauerland , with the aim of becoming a teacher. As a teacher he taught in Hellefeld and Isingheim . When he did not get the teaching position he had hoped for in Eslohe, Wüllner decided to continue his training. At the age of 18 he entered the Laurentianum grammar school in Arnsberg . Although he had to start in the lowest class, he passed his Abitur after four years and began studying classical philology at the university. The now parentless was financially supported by a relative who had previously been a Premonstratensian in the Rumbeck Abbey and who received a pension after the secularization . He studied in Bonn and Berlin .

After completing his studies, he entered the higher education service. First he taught at the Laurentianum grammar school before he moved to the Paulinum grammar school in Münster . He also did his doctorate there. In 1828 he became director of the Petrinum grammar school in Recklinghausen and in 1832 director of the grammar school in Düsseldorf.

Title page of the original edition of: On the relationship between Indo-European, Semitic and Tibetan ... Münster 1838

Wüllner wrote various works on classical philology and comparative linguistic research. He advocated the thesis that language emerged from sounds of sensation and that ultimately all languages ​​were related to one another and emerged from an original language. Some of his work was recognized by eminent colleagues such as Jacob Grimm . Some of his texts were taken over by Heinrich Bone in the German reading book for higher educational institutions and were still included in the 67th edition from 1912.

On May 25, 1830, he married 19-year-old Josephina Winkelmann from Münster in Münster. His sons were the conductor and composer of the same name, Franz Wüllner (1832-1902) and the physicist Adolf Wüllner (1835-1908), his grandson the singer, actor and reciter Ludwig Wüllner (1858-1938).

Fonts (selection)

  • De cyclo epico poetisque cyclis . Munster, 1825
  • The meaning of the linguistic cases and modes . 1827 (and supplementary sheets to the Jenaische Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung , 1829)
  • About the origin and primary meaning of the linguistic form . 1831
  • About the relationship between Indo-European, Semitic and Tibetan, together with an introduction about the origin of the language . Münster 1838. In the Theissing'schen bookstore

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Getting married - KB011 | Munster, St. Martini | Münster, rk. Diocese | Germany | Matricula Online. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Wüllner, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and grammar school director
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Eslohe
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1842
Place of death Dusseldorf