Friedrich August William Steglich

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Friedrich August William Steglich (born April 29, 1807 in Dresden , † June 8, 1870 in Mutzschen ) was a Protestant theologian, educator and non-fiction author.

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He was the son of Johann Wilhelm August Steglich (1775-1842) and his wife Johanna Sophia Steglich nee Pietzsch widowed Rosenthal. The composer Eduard Steglich was his younger brother.

After attending school and studying, Friedrich August William Steglich became a collaborator at the Kreuzschule in Dresden in 1833 and, in the same year, director of the Freiherrlich von Fletcher's teachers' seminar in Dresden. He held this position until 1861.

In 1861 he took over the office of pastor in the small town of Zadel near Meißen. In 1866 he moved to the town of Mutzschen as pastor. He died there four years later.

Friedrich August William Steglich was a member of the Pedagogical Association of Dresden and as such submitted a state parliament petition in 1845. Furthermore, Steglich was a member of the historical-theological society in Leipzig and the committee of the Saxon Bible Society, etc.

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In addition to numerous essays in educational writings, Steglich also presented some monographs. His best-known works include The proposed revision of the Elementary People's School Act in the Kingdom of Saxony: in particular the so-called separation of the school from the church and the explanatory dictionary of outdated and other incomprehensible expressions in Dr. Luther's German translation of the Bible , Leipzig, Wilhelm Baensch, 1853 and Over the course of education elementary school teacher ... .

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literature

  • Saxon Writer's Lexicon, edited by Wilhelm Haan , Leipzig 1875, p. 328.

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Individual evidence

  1. Genealogy of the Steglich family
  2. Landtag Acts