Friedrich August Gotthold

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Friedrich August Gotthold (born January 2, 1778 in Berlin ; † June 25, 1858 in Königsberg ) was a German educator and important school director of the Royal Collegium Fridericianum in Königsberg / East Prussia .

Life

After losing his father, Gotthold attended the education center and orphanage near Züllichau and the grammar school for the gray monastery in Berlin. From 1798 he studied at the (Pietistic) University of Halle , where he mainly heard the classical philologist Friedrich August Wolf . From 1801 he attended Friedrich Gedike's teacher training college in Berlin.

In 1806 he received a position as vice-principal in Küstrin . In 1810 Wilhelm von Humboldt gave him the post of rector at the Königsberg Collegium Fridericianum , where he was the first headmaster to implement Humboldt's educational reform . He was honored to celebrate his 50th anniversary in this position in 1851. He did not retire until 1852, at the age of 72.

He published numerous articles on grammar school education . His motto was: have a spirit and awaken the spirit . The music lover also emerged in the musicological field. The passionate bibliophile bequeathed his library with 55,000 books to the Königsberg University Library . A composition by Johann Sebastian Bach has recently appeared in his estate.

Gotthold was of historical importance for the education system of the Kingdom of Prussia .

Honors

literature

  • Heinrich Julius Kämmel :  Gotthold, Friedrich August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 485 f.
  • Friedrich August Gotthold: Autobiography . In: New Prussian Provincial Papers . Volume 11, Koenigsberg 1857, pp. 321-346 and pp. 408-446.
  • Werner Braun: Central German sources of the Gotthold music collection in Königsberg , in: Musik des Ostens 5, Kassel, Paris and London 1969, pp. 84–96
  • Ralf G. Päsler: On the medieval manuscripts of the Gotthold library. A contribution to the reconstruction of the manuscript holdings of the former State and University Library in Königsberg , in: Reports and Research. Yearbook of the Federal Institute for East German Culture and History 5 (1997) pp. 7–15

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Schmidt: History of the pedagogy and orphanage near Züllichau , 1967
  2. ^ A b Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
  3. ↑ World Online (April 16, 2008)
  4. ↑ History of the Royal. Friedrichs-Collegiums zu Königsberg in Pr. Prussische Provinzial-Blätter, Vol. 14, Königsberg 1835, pp. 361–381.
personal data
SURNAME Gotthold, Friedrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and high school rector
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1858
Place of death Koenigsberg