Friedrich August Schäffer

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Friedrich August Schäffer (born October 13, 1800 in Messel near Darmstadt ; † March 19, 1867 in Darmstadt) was a German educator and author of geographical and historical treatises.

Life

The father, Ludwig Justus Adolph Schäffer (* 1765 in Alsfeld , † September 29, 1806 in Messel ), was a Lutheran pastor in Messel since 1790 . His "Cantata for the high wedding celebration of the Sr. Landgravial Pass of the Hereditary Prince Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt with the Pass of Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Baden " was published in 1804 in a setting by Gottfried Harbordt in Darmstadt. After the early death of the father, the mother with Friedrich and his siblings moved to Darmstadt, where he spent several private institutions and high school educators attended, which he after the confirmation left to mathematics to study. However, he returned to high school and studied the Greek and Latin languages ​​extensively. Funded by the Director of the High School, Johann Georg Zimmermann (1754-1829), he studied from 1823 to 1825 at the University of Giessen theology , then turned the school subject to. Together with his friend Heinrich Eduard Scriba , he took over the private school from Johann Wilhelm Ernst Wägner and another from W. Heyer. In the autumn of 1829 they combined their schools with Karl Heumann, Karl Lanz (later a teacher at the Darmstadt grammar school) and Albrecht Weiß to form a general preparatory school for grammar school and secondary school. Until the autumn of 1831 Schäffer worked as a teacher and vice-principal at this “private Progymnasial- und Realschulanstalt” in Darmstadt. On July 12, 1836, he was appointed teacher and on January 19, 1864, director of the Darmstadt secondary school.

Schäffer was married to Christina Catarina Schwarz († July 2, 1888); In 1867 his widow and son Heinrich Ludwig Schäffer lived in Darmstadt, Niederramstädterstrasse. 37. He died in 1867 at the age of 66 and was buried in the Darmstadt cemetery. Johann Baptist Scholl the Elder designed his grave monument . J.

Schäffer was a member of the "Society for Geography and Related Sciences in Darmstadt" and in its board of directors in 1845/46, and of the "Historical Society for the Grand Duchy of Hesse". From September 30 to October 4, 1844, he participated as a member of the 8th Assembly of German Philologists, School Men and Orientalists in Darmstadt.

In addition to articles in various magazines, Schäffer wrote a description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt as a manual for school use and a school geography for elementary schools. Around 1860 he revised geographical maps, published as color lithographs by L. Ewald. His name appears as “Dr. F. Schäffer ”. His pamphlets against Karl Lanz had already appeared in 1832 and 1833.

Fonts

  • Brief geographical-historical-statistical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. With a charter of the Grand Duchy. CG Kunze, Mainz 1843.
  • Outline of the geography of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. CG Kunze, Mainz 1843.

literature

  • Heinrich Eduard Scriba: Biographical-literary lexicon of the writers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. 1st Abth. Leske, Darmstadt 1831, p. XII, 387.
  • Heinrich Eduard Scriba: Schäffer, Friedrich August , in: Biographical-literary lexicon of the writers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the nineteenth century . 2nd section: The writers of 1843 (...) together with the necrologists of the writers who died between 1800 and 1843 (...) .. G. Jonghaus, Darmstadt 1843, SS 624–625.
  • Edmund Külp: The Realschule zu Darmstadt according to purpose and facility presented by the director of the same (...). In commission from R. von Auw, Darmstadt 1852, p. 81.
  • Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt: HStAD inventory G 18 No. 147/24 (the date of death wrongly stated as 1807).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Eduard Scriba: News from a newly established private school for male youth in Darmstadt, founded by the union of the previous schools of the candidates and private teachers K. Heumann, K. Lanz, Fr. Schäffer, HE Scriba and A. Weiß. Darmstadt 1829
  2. ↑ Lanz, Karl: Invitation to a public school examination, which will take place in the educational establishment of the candidates C. Heumann, C. Lanz, Ms. Schäffer, HE Scriba and A. Weiß on September 30th and October 1st. Darmstadt 1830
  3. ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1836, Supplement 38, p. 410
  4. ↑ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1864, Appendix 5, p. 31
  5. ↑ HStAD inventory G 18 No. 147/24
  6. ↑ Awarding of a doctorate in philosophy to senior teacher i. P., Professor Dr. Heinrich Ludwig Schäffer in Darmstadt, 20. III. 1913, in: Belief in Justification and History. Academic speech to celebrate the annual festival of the Grand Ducal Hessian Ludwig University on July 1, 1913, given by the current rector D. Samuel Eck, professor of theology. Giessen 1913 V. Münchow'sche Hof- und Universitätsdruckerei Otto Kindt. P. 44
  7. ↑ address book of the main and Residenstadt Darmstadt, 1867, p 112; Former apartments: address book of the capital and residence city Darmstadt 1840, p. 62: Darmstadt, Marktplatz 16; 1843, p. 110: Baustr. 43; 1858, p. 82: Niederramstädterstr. 101; 1860, p. 88: dto.
  8. ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1867, Appendix 14, p. 152
  9. ↑ Dr. Friedrich August Schäffer, Director of the Grand Ducal Realschule in Darmstadt. (Nekrolog), in: Darmstädter Zeitung, March 23, 1867, p. 331
  10. ↑ Darmstädter Zeitung, No. 254, September 13, 1867, p. 1176
  11. ^ Johann Gottfried Lüdde (Ed.): Zeitschrift für Gekunde (...), Vol. 6, Emil Baensch, Magdeburg 1847, p. 75
  12. ↑ JW Chr. Steiner (Ed.): Archives for Hessian History and Archeology, Volume 3, CW Leske, Darmstadt 1844, p. 115, no. 65
  13. ↑ detailed discussion in: Allgemeine Schulzeitung, No. 96, June 20, 1843
personal data
SURNAME Schäffer, Friedrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and specialist author
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Messel
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1867
Place of death Darmstadt