Friedrich Eberhard Rambach (philologist)

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Friedrich Eberhard Rambach (born July 14, 1767 in Quedlinburg , † June 30, 1826 in Reval ) was a German classical philologist , high school teacher and writer .

Life

Friedrich Eberhard Rambach was the son of Johann Jakob Rambach and Maria Juliana, née Boysen († 1773). After his father was elected senior pastor of St. Michaeliskirche in Hamburg in 1780 , Rambach attended the Johanneum there . From 1786 he studied Protestant theology in Halle , where he received his doctorate in 1793 with a dissertation De Mileto ejusque coloniis (Halle 1790). From 1791 he was sub-rector of the Friedrichswerder high school in Berlin , from 1794 he was also professor of antiquity at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Mechanical Sciences in Berlin and from 1801 was also director of an "Institute for Young Women", so a kind Higher daughter school . During his time in Berlin, he worked productively as a writer, wrote plays and horror novels and included his student Ludwig Tieck in his work .

In 1803 he was appointed professor of classical philology at the University of Dorpat , where he was several times director of the Dorpater schools (1804, 1810, 1816 and 1820), dean of the faculty of philosophy (1814 and 1815) and rector of the university (1822). In 1826 he died on a bathing trip to Reval.

He was married twice, first on March 27, 1798 to Juliana Benigna, née Heydemann, divorced Schulze. After her death in 1805 he married Henriette von Kymmel on July 29, 1808.

Publications

  • (with Ludwig Tieck): Acts and subtleties of renowned power and trick geniuses. Berlin 1790
  • Theseus in Crete, a lyrical drama. Leipzig 1791
  • (with Ludwig Tieck): The iron mask, a Scottish story. Leipzig 1792
  • Aylo and Jadina, or the pyramids, an Egyptian story. 2 parts, Zerbst 1793–1794
  • The princess, a court painting in 5 acts. Berlin 1793
  • Romantic paintings in ancient, gothic and modern tastes. Hall 1793
  • Hiero and his family. 2 parts, Berlin 1793
  • Margot, or the misunderstanding, a comedy in an act, based on Thümmel. Dessau 1793
  • Knights, priests, ghosts in stories. Leipzig 1793
  • The great Elector in front of Rathenau, a patriotic play in 4 acts. (Music from B. Wessely). Berlin 1795
  • Otto with the arrow, Margrave of Brandenburg. A show in 5 acts. Berlin 1796
  • Treason; or: the emigrant. A show in 5 acts. Leipzig 1798
  • The brothers. Play in 1 act. Leipzig 1798
  • Count Mariano, or the innocent criminal. Drama in 5 acts from Spanish. Leipzig 1798
  • Spectacles. Vol. 1 - 3. Leipzig 1798-1800
  • Friedrich von Zollern. A patriotic drama in 5 acts. Berlin 1798
  • The three riddles, tragic comedy in 5 acts, based on Karl Gozzi. Leipzig 1798
  • The outcast, a play in 5 acts. Leipzig 1799
  • Dionysiaca; a collection of plays. Vol. 1. Berlin 1802
  • The cowpox. A family painting in 1 elevator. Berlin 1802
  • Dramatic paintings. Berlin 1803
  • The nabob or the secret. Acting in 5 acts. Berlin 1803
  • The star or artist's luck. Postplay in 1 Act. Berlin 1803
  • The triumph of cheerfulness. Acting in 5 acts. Berlin 1803
  • To the Germans! Riga 1812
  • Herrmann. Riga 1813

as editor:

  • Greek anthology, compiled from the best poets, arranged chronologically according to the types of poetry and accompanied by literary notes. For high schools and academies. With a Greek-German word register. Berlin 1796
  • Yearbooks of the Prussian monarchy under the government of Friedrich Wilhelm III. Berlin 1798-1801
  • Odeum. a collection of German poems from different genres. for the purpose of teaching and exercising in the declaration. 4 parts, Berlin and Stettin 1800–1802
  • Annals of the new Royal National Theater in Berlin and all of German dramatic literature and art. Berlin 1802
  • New domestic sheets. Dorpat 1817-1818

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SURNAME Rambach, Friedrich Eberhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rambach, Friedrich; Lenz, Hugo (pseudonym); Sturm, Ottokar (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist, teacher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Quedlinburg
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1826
Place of death Reval