Frederik Sneedorff

Frederik Sneedorff (born September 1, 1760 in Sorø , † June 15, 1792 in Cumbria , England) was a Danish historian.

Life

He was the son of Professor Jens Schielderup Sneedorff and his second wife Øllegaard Wilhelmine Thestrup (born November 11, 1775), daughter of the budget adviser Professor Christian Thestrup.

After the death of his mother, at the age of 16 he came into the household of Pastor Poul Egede. In 1778 he studied classical philology and history and graduated with honors. He was financially supported by the Hereditary Prince Friedrich , who was his father's last student, so that he could finish his studies. He had access to the library of Peter Frederik Suhm , who also became his fatherly friend.

In 1783 he received a travel grant and spent two years in Göttingen . There he studied with August Ludwig von Schlözer and Ludwig Timotheus Spittler , especially Greek archeology and literature with Christian Gottlob Heyne . From Göttingen he moved to Leipzig, where he wrote his master's thesis on the ancient Greek hymns . Then he returned to Copenhagen and turned to history. He became a lecturer at the university and read to a full audience on the past three centuries of history. The content was not based on our own research, but was based on the work of Ludvig Holberg , Arild Huitfeldt and Sven Lagerbring . In 1788 he became an associate professor. Since he also wanted to give lectures on political geography, he traveled to Norway in 1790 for field studies, so to speak. He was the first in Denmark to recognize the need for ethnological knowledge for the history of Europe. In 1791 he was able to carry out a long research trip to the major cities of Germany, to Switzerland, Lyon, Paris, London and Oxford. From these stays he sent long letters to his friends, which were then printed in the Danish monthly Minerva . There were statements about the educational efforts of the 18th century, the social institutions and political conditions. His Paris letters are of particular interest. He came to Paris in October 1791 when the legislative assembly was meeting there. He was also at the Jacobin Club meetings . He even became a member of the Feuillants , who defended the rights of the king and wanted to draw up a new constitution. From Paris he traveled to England. There he observed the very long parliamentary sessions in London and gave a lecture in the "Nordic Society" on the importance of the unification of the three Nordic countries. Because he tended towards Scandinavianism . He moved inland via Oxford. From his letters it is clear that he considered England to be the best country next to his homeland.

On June 14, 1792 he was in a diligence on the way to Penrith in Cumbria when the carriage horses suddenly shied. He wanted to save himself and jumped from the car. He fell on his head and suffered a fractured skull. He died the following day.

Works

Title page of the collected writings .

Frederik Sneedorff's samlede Skrifter (1794–1798):

1st part: Breve from Gøttingen and Leipzig i Aarene 1783–1786 and Breve paa en Reise igiennem Tydsland, Switzerland, Frankerige and Engeland i Aarene 1791–1792. 1794.
In German: Letters from a traveling Dane, written in 1791 and 1792 during his journey through part of Germany, Switzerland and France. Translated from Danish by Johann Friedrich Schuetze. Frommann, Züllichau 1793.
Part 2: En Indledning til Statistics og om Europa i Almindelighed and De danske Staters, Sverrigs, Ruslands, Poland, og Tyrkiets Statistics. (1795)
3rd part (in two volumes): Forelæsningerne over de vigtigste Statsrevolutioner i de sidste tre Aarhundreder (1795–1796)
4th part (in two volumes): Forelæsninger over Fædernelandets Historie i tvende Dele. (1797–1798)

More fonts

Quanto doctrina morum Christi præstiterit philosophiæ veterum testamentum / Fridericus Sneedorff; (resp.) Christiano Hornemann (1781)
Nogle Breve from Professor Frederik Sneedorff to Broderen Søofficeren Hans Chr. Sneedorff; meddelte af CJ Anker (1896)

literature

H. Schwanenflügel: Sneedorff, Frederik . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 16 : Skarpenberg – Sveistrup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1902, p. 135-138 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

Individual evidence

↑ June 14th is usually given as the date of death. But June 15th is noted on the picture. So also Sneedorff [sned-] 2. Frederik S. In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 26 : Slöke – Stockholm . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 102 (Swedish, runeberg.org - different year of birth 1761). The accident happened on the 14th. He died the following day.
↑ A. Jantzen: Sneedorff, Jens Schielderup . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 16 : Skarpenberg – Sveistrup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1902, p. 141–145 (Danish, runeberg.org - name of 2nd wife, p. 145).

personal data
SURNAME	Sneedorff, Frederik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish historian
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1, 1760
PLACE OF BIRTH	Soro
DATE OF DEATH	June 15, 1792
Place of death	Cumbria , England

[1] June 14th is usually given as the date of death. But June 15th is noted on the picture. So also Sneedorff [sned-] 2. Frederik S. In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 26 : Slöke – Stockholm . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 102 (Swedish, runeberg.org - different year of birth 1761). The accident happened on the 14th. He died the following day.

[2] A. Jantzen: Sneedorff, Jens Schielderup . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 16 : Skarpenberg – Sveistrup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1902, p. 141–145 (Danish, runeberg.org - name of 2nd wife, p. 145).