Friedrich August Eckstein

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Friedrich August Eckstein

Friedrich August Eckstein (born May 6, 1810 in Halle (Saale) , † November 15, 1885 in Leipzig ) was a German philologist , pedagogue and lexicographer . From 1863 to 1881 he was the rector of the Thomas School in Leipzig .

Life

Eckstein was born in 1810 as the son of the bricklayer Johann Karl Eckstein and his wife Christine Friederike, b. Mädicke, born in Halle. After his father's death, on April 10, 1820, he was admitted to the orphanage of the Francke Foundations in Halle as a half- orphan . From April 14, 1822 on, he visited the Latina August Hermann Francke as an orphanus (orphan) and left in 1827 with certificate of departure no. From 1827 to 1830 he studied philology at the University of Halle . His teachers included Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier , Gottfried Bernhardy , Johann August Jacobs and Karl Christian Reisig . With the dissertation Prolegomena in Taciti, qui vulgo fertur, dialogum de oratoribus (printed as a scientific supplement to the program of the Latin School from 1835), he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. During his studies he got to know budding philologists such as Gustav Kießling , Moritz Ludwig Seyffert , Karl Ferdinand Ranke , Friedrich Gottlieb Schöne , Friedrich Hanow , Friedrich Ritschl and Wilhelm Büchner .

From 1829 he was an assistant teacher and on January 6, 1831 he became a collaborator at the Latina. In 1834 he married Pauline Emilie, daughter of the umbrella and tobacco pipe manufacturer Anton Spieß . From 1839 he was a senior teacher at the Royal Pedagogy and in 1842 he became rector (previously a colleague and librarian in 1834) of the Latin secondary school in Halle. In 1842/43 he published the sixth volume of the chronicle of the city of Halle . In 1849 he became director of the Francke Foundations under Hermann Agathon Niemeyer . He was proposed by Gottfried Hermann and Moriz Haupt for the rectorate of the Royal Saxon Princely School in Meißen , which, however, like other offers, he turned down. In the years from 1849 to 1851 and from 1858 to 1860 Eckstein was a liberal member of the Second Prussian Chamber of Estates .

Eckstein was a Freemason . He was a member of the Masonic lodge " To the three swords " in Halle and from 1854 to 1863 its master from the chair . He wrote the log chronicle up to 1843, which Gustav Hertzberg continued afterwards . Due to his politically liberal outlook and membership in a Masonic lodge, he was not allowed to direct the Francke Foundations by the Prussian Minister of Education, Karl Otto von Raumer . After moving to Leipzig, he entered the local Masonic lodge " Apollo ", whose master of the chair he became. He later became Grand Master of the Grand State Lodge of Saxony .

On September 3, 1863, he left office. He went to Leipzig and was appointed by Mayor Carl Wilhelm Otto Koch as rector of the St. Thomas School in Leipzig. In addition, the Saxon minister of culture, Johann Paul von Falkenstein, appointed him extraordinary professor for education at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig . He set up a practical pedagogical seminar and was chairman of the scientific examination committee for the higher teaching post. During this time he wrote the nomenclator philologorum (1871) at Ritschl's suggestion . It is thanks to him that, in addition to the move of the Thomas School in 1877, the Alumnate of the St. Thomas Choir was also able to move to Hillerstraße on the former Thomaswiese. There was a city council resolution to dissolve the alumnate because it no longer seemed appropriate. In addition to the Thomaskantors Ernst Friedrich Richter and Wilhelm Rust , Eckstein in particular turned against this . He led the Thomas School through critical years and shaped it into one of the most important humanistic grammar schools in Germany. On April 8, 1881, he resigned from his position as rector of the Thomas School, but continued to work scientifically and held academic lectures. He wrote the ADB articles on Caspar von Barth , Johann Friedrich Facius , Friedrich Dübner , Gregor Bersman , Hermann Albert Daniel , Rudolf Dietsch , Johann Christoph Ernesti , Johannes Clajus , Friedrich Wilhelm Döring , Jakob Ceratinus , Nicolaes Cleynaerts , Sigismund Evenius , Karl Hermann Funkhänel , Ernst Gotthelf Gersdorf , Adolf Theodor Hermann Fritzsche , Heinrich Eduard Foss , Ludwig Dindorf , Friedrich Ludwig Abresch , Moritz Döring , Christian Daniel Beck , Johann Friderich , Christian Friedrich Franckenstein , Johann Georg Eck , Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt , August Gotthilf Gernhard , Christoph Caesar , Johann Gottfried Boltze , Johann Nicolaus Funck , Johannes Caesarius , Johann Heinrich Deinhardt , Gottfried Fähse , Paul Dolscius , Wilhelm von Bäumlein , Johann Leonhard Frisch , Johann Christoph Dähne , Karl Philipp Funke , Hieronymus Freyer , Johann Matthias Gesner , Ceporinus , Gottfried Bernhardy and Ferdinand Bamberger .

At the end of 1884 he donated a grant of 1,800 gold marks. Eckstein died of a heart attack on November 15, 1885 . His work Latin and Greek Lessons (1887) was published posthumously.

family

Eckstein's daughter Louise (1834-1914) was married to the classical philologist Heinrich Keil .

Awards

When he left Halle for Leipzig in 1863, Eckstein was made an honorary citizen of his hometown. He was knight of the Royal Saxon Order of Civil Merit II , the Royal Prussian Order of the Crown III , the Imperial Russian Order of Stanislaus II , the Royal Swedish North Star Order and holder of the Prussian Coronation Medal, as he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives at the coronation of Emperor Wilhelm I. zu Königsberg on 18 October 1861 was present. In 1881 he was awarded the Commander's Cross II of the Saxon Order of Albrecht on the occasion of his 50th teaching anniversary . His marble bust, the work of the sculptor Robert Henze , is in the auditorium of the Thomas School.

In 1902 Ecksteinstrasse , a residential street in Leipzig- Connewitz, was named after him.

Student at the university

Writings (including speeches)

  • Prolegomena in Taciti, qui vulgo fertur, dialogum de oratoribus. Halle 1835. 84 p. (Halle Latina program)
  • History of address in German through the pronouns. Plötz, Halle 1840.
  • History of the S. Cyriaci Hospital in Halle. Gebauersehen bookstore, Halle 1841.
  • The Salfeld printing houses in Halle. A letter to Dr. Gustav Schwetschke . Publishing house of the bookstore of the orphanage, Halle 1842.
  • Chronicle of the city of Halle. A continuation of Dreyhaupt's description of the hall circle. (6 deliveries), Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, Halle 1842/43. ( Digitized version )
  • History of the Masonic Lodge in the Orient from Halle. A ceremony for the sacular celebration of the lodge to the three swords. Gebauer Buchdruckerei, Halle 1844. ( digitized version )
  • Chronicon montis sereni ex cod. Freheriano recensuit. Part I. Halle 1844. pp. 1–104. (Progr. Halle Latina) ( digitized version )
  • Chronicon montis sereni ex cod. Freheriano recensuit. Part. II. Halle 1845. pp. 105–160. (Progr. Halle Latina) ( digitized version )
  • Chronicon montis sereni ex cod. Freheriano ... Part. III. Halle 1846. pp. 161–210. (Progr. Halle Latina) ( digitized version )
  • Contributions to the history of the Halle schools. 1 piece. Hall 1850. 50 p. (Halle Latina program) ( digitized version )
  • Contributions to the history of the Halle schools. 2 pieces. Halle 1851. 55 p. (Halle Latina program) ( digitized version )
  • Anecdota Parisina rhetorica. Halle 1852. VI, 30 p. (Halle Latina program) ( digitized version )
  • Hermann Agathon Niemeyer . Obituary. Halle 1852. pp. 31–42. (Program Hall Latina)
  • Speech given at the school celebration of Schiller's centenary birthday on November 10, 1859. Halle 1860. pp. 31–39. (Program Hall Latina)
  • Speech at the commemoration of the anniversary of Philipp Melanchthon's death , spoken on April 17, 1860. Halle 1860. pp. 40–46. (Program Hall Latina)
  • Analects on the history of pedagogy. 1. A Greek elementary book from the Middle Ages. 2. Isidore's Encyclopedia and Victorism. 3. In nomine sacrosanctae trinitatis. Form and outline how a Christian and Protestant school should be properly and properly organized ... composed by M. Sigismundum Evenium rectorem zu Halle. Halle 1861. 48 p. (Halle Latina program)
  • Contributions to the history of the Halle schools. 3 pieces. Francke Foundations.
  • Familiaris interpretatio primae satirae Horatianae. Leipzig 1865. 43 p. (Leipzig Thomasschule program)
  • Scholae Horatianae (Carm. I, 20. 30. II, 11. IV, 3.) Leipzig 1869. 50 p. (Program Leipzig Thomasschule)
  • Selection of German poems for learned schools. 16th edition, Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, Halle 1869.
  • Nomenclator philologorum . Teubner, Leipzig 1871 (reprint Olms, Hildesheim 1966; complete, corrected text, edited by Johannes Saltzwedel . Hamburg 2005, PDF ), p. 373f.
  • Description of the new school building. Inauguration of the new school building. (With 6 illustrations.) By AF Viehweger and Friedrich August Eckstein. Leipzig 1878. 29 pp. And 5 panels. (Program Leipzig Thomas School)
  • Latin lessons. History and method . 2nd edition, Besser, Gotha 1880 (separate print from Schmid's Encyclopedia of the Entire Education and Teaching System , article digitized ).
  • Farewell speech given on April 8, 1881. Leipzig 1882. pp. 21–24. (Program Leipzig Thomas School)
  • Latin and Greek lessons . Fues, Leipzig 1887.
  • Phaedri Fabulae For students. Annotated. Teubner, Leipzig 1889.

literature

  • Friedrich August Eckstein: Eckstein, Friedrich August. In: Nomenclator philologorum. Teubner: Leipzig 1871.
  • Georg Rudolf Koegel : Grammatical Studies. Festschrift [for] Prof. Dr. Eckstein on January 6, 1881. Niemeyer, Leipzig 1881.
  • Emil Jungmann : Friedrich August Eckstein. Leipzig 1887.
  • Eckstein (Friedrich August) : In: General Handbook of Freemasonry. 3. Edition. 1st volume, Max Hesse's Verlag, Leipzig 1900, p. 257.
  • Gustav Emil Lothholz:  Eckstein, Friedrich August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 258-261.
  • Franz Kemmerling: The Thomas School in Leipzig. A brief history from its foundation in 1212 to 1227. Teubner, Leipzig 1927, pp. 59–69.
  • Herbert Schönebaum:  Eckstein, Friedrich August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 304 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • The time of the Thomas School Rector Friedrich August Eckstein (1863–1881) and the Thomas Cantor Ernst Fr. Ed. Richter (1868–1879). In: Manfred Mezger, Bernhard Knick (Hrsg.): St. Thomas zu Leipzig. School and choir. Place of work of Johann Sebastian Bach. Pictures and documents on the history of the St. Thomas School and the St. Thomas Choir with their contemporary historical relationships. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1963, pp. 319–321.
  • Franz Kössler: Personal dictionary of teachers of the 19th century. Volume: Ebbecke-Eyth. (PDF; 2.4 MB) Giessen 2008.
  • Friedrich August Eckstein (1810–1885). In: Klaus-Dieter Eichler , Ulrich Johannes Schneider : On the everyday history of philosophy in Leipzig. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-86583-029-3 , p. 121.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f NDB, Volume 4 (1959), p. 304 f.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Friedrich August Eckstein in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
  3. ↑ a b c d e ADB, Volume 48 (1904), pp. 258-261.
  4. ↑ a b c d Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z. 1st edition, ProLEIPZIG 2005, p. 123.
  5. ↑ Heinrich Geffcken, Chaim Tykocinski: Foundation Book of the City of Leipzig. Leipzig 1905. pp. 609-610.
  6. ↑ a b Richard Sachse , Karl Ramshorn, Reinhart Herz: The teachers of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1832-1912. The high school graduates of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1845–1912. BG Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1912, p. 3
  7. ^ Gina Klank, Gernot Griebsch: Lexicon Leipziger Straßeennamen , Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 60
personal data
SURNAME Eckstein, Friedrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist, teacher, university professor and lexicographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1885
Place of death Leipzig