Friedrich Christoph Osemund

Friedrich Christoph Osemund (born December 30, 1655 in Espelkamp , † 1733 in Paderborn ) was a German publicist , philologist , historian and alchemist .

Osemund was an early exponent of philological source criticism. Because of his consistent approach, he repeatedly came into conflict with contemporary scholars and waged numerous academic feuds. As standardization became increasingly prevalent in the 19th century, Osemund experienced a renaissance , not least because of his systematic defense against the accusation of inventio fontium ; August Boeckh praised him as the "father" of an exact philology.

Osemund was in third marriage with Katharina Hubertine Osemund, geb. Castles, married.

Fonts

F. Chr. Osemund, Lucubrationes selectae, Vol. XXI, Frankfurt / Leipzig 1701, etc.
F.Ch. Osemund, whether the empire is a state? ed. by Sandrine Brinkkötter / Pia Fraus, ND of the edition Leipzig 1755, Münster 2005.

literature

Sandrine Brinkkötter: Scholars dissimulatio. Friedrich Christoph Osemund and the social honor in the scholarly milieu of the philological community around 1700, in: Early Modern Times. Studies on the practice and ethnology of scholarly living environments 4 (2011), pp. 321–340.
Johanna Schäfer: Friedrich Christoph Osemund - a Westphalian scholar's fate around 1700, dissertation [mach.] Cologne 1956.
Georg von Below: Friedrich Chr. Osemund and scholars of the older German urban system, in: Preußische Jahrbücher 5 (1916), pp. 37-89.

Individual evidence

↑ Sandrine Brinkkötter: Between source criticism and pedantism. The Paderborn polyhistor Friedrich Christoph Osemund (1655-1730). History teaching unit. University of Münster , accessed on May 4, 2016 .
↑ Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger: The emperor's old clothes . Munich 2008.
↑ A. Boeckh: Investigations into the cosmic system of Plato. Berlin 1852, p. Vii; see. also Boeckh's letters from 1811, in: Antiquarian letters from A. Böckh, IW Loebell, Th. Panofka, F. von Raumer and H. Ritter. Edited by Fr. Spacer. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1851; see. also Gaston Boissier: Étude sur la vie et les ouvrages de MT Varron. Paris 1861, p. 67.

personal data
SURNAME	Osemund, Friedrich Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German publicist, philologist, historian and alchemist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 30, 1655
PLACE OF BIRTH	Espelkamp
DATE OF DEATH	1733
Place of death	Paderborn

[1] Sandrine Brinkkötter: Between source criticism and pedantism. The Paderborn polyhistor Friedrich Christoph Osemund (1655-1730). History teaching unit. University of Münster , accessed on May 4, 2016 .

[2] Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger: The emperor's old clothes . Munich 2008.

[3] A. Boeckh: Investigations into the cosmic system of Plato. Berlin 1852, p. Vii; see. also Boeckh's letters from 1811, in: Antiquarian letters from A. Böckh, IW Loebell, Th. Panofka, F. von Raumer and H. Ritter. Edited by Fr. Spacer. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1851; see. also Gaston Boissier: Étude sur la vie et les ouvrages de MT Varron. Paris 1861, p. 67.