Friedrich Groschuff

Friedrich Groschuff , baptismal name: Fabian (born November 5, 1701 , otherwise birth years 1693 or 1700, in Danzig ; † December 15, 1784 in Schleiz ) was a German philologist .

Life

Friedrich Groschuff was born the son of a businessman.

In 1709 he went to the Danzig grammar school .

He initially studied theology and later also law at the University of Königsberg and the University of Leipzig , where he was matriculated on August 13, 1727 .

On the recommendation of Johann Christoph Gottsched , he became educator of the children of Chamber President Friedrich Wilhelm von Borcke in Kassel , then accompanied Adolph Wilhelm Heinrich von der Tann (1736–1778) to the University of Marburg as Ephorus , was Hofmeister in Strasbourg and received the secretary and Hofmeister position for the education of Adolf von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld in Barchfeld .

In 1760 he came to Eutin as secretary and court master of Prince Peter Friedrich Wilhelm and, after he had finished his activity there, received a gift of money and the title of ducal Holstein judiciary . He then lived as a private citizen in Schleiz and devoted himself to his philological studies.

From 1762 to 1780 he was a member of the council of Schleiz.

Friedrich Groschuff was married to Johann Dorothea (née Hofmann) (1724–1803) since 1760; they had three daughters together:

August Friederica Wilhelmine Groschuff (1761–1789);
Emilia Henrietta Groschuff (* 1763);
Henriette Louise Wilhelmine Groschuff (* 1767).

Writing

Friedrich Groschuff devoted himself particularly to antiquity and wrote treatises on etymological questions. He had an extensive correspondence with Johann Christoph Gottsched.

Memberships

Member of the Royal German Society in Königsberg .
Member of the Electoral Mayntz Academy of Useful Sciences .
Member of the Society of Liberal Arts in Leipzig .

Fonts (selection)

Brief treatise of hand-language in so far as the characteristics of which are expressed by the ancient writers, confirmed by their own evidence . Kassel 1750.
Treatise on the fingers, their functions and symbolic meaning, so far from the German language they supplied additions: considered from all kinds of ancient objects . Leipzig and Eisenach 1757.
Where did the saying come from, give someone a bang . Published in: Hannoversche Anzeige: von all sorts of things, the announcement of which is necessary and useful for the common being , Volume 8. Hannover 1759. S. 1133 f.
Friedrich Groschuff; Johann Balthasar Hundeshagen ; Friedrich Christoph Schmincke : Attempt to give an exact and complicated description of the royal Hessian residence and capital Cassel: together with the nearby pleasure palaces, gardens and other things of interest . Kassel 1769.
Friedrich Groschuf, Johann Balthasar Hundeshagen : Attempt at an exact and complicated description of the royal Hessian residence and capital Cassel . Kassel, Schmiedt, 1767.
in handwritten form he left behind: Origines etymologico-historicae in usum linguae germanicae , in which he dealt with the similarity between the German and the Greek language.

literature

Jakob Franck: Groschuff, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 742.

Individual evidence

↑ Caroline Köhler, Franziska Menzel, Rüdiger Otto, Michael Schlott: Johann Christoph Gottsched - Correspondence: January 1748 to October 1748 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-063511-9 , p. 1621 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Caroline Köhler, Franziska Menzel, Rüdiger Otto, Michael Schlott: Johann Christoph Gottsched - Correspondence: October 1746 to December 1747 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-058100-3 , p. 471 ( limited preview in Google Book Search1).
^ German biography: Tann, from and to - German biography. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
^ Gabriele Ball: Moral kisses: Gottsched as magazine editor and literary mediator . Wallstein Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-89244-350-5 , p. 285 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Groschuff, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Groschuf, Friedrich; Groschupf, Friedrich; Groschuff, Fabian; Groschuf, Fabian; Groschuff, F .; Groschuf, F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philologist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 5, 1701
PLACE OF BIRTH	Danzig
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 1784
Place of death	Schleiz

[1] Caroline Köhler, Franziska Menzel, Rüdiger Otto, Michael Schlott: Johann Christoph Gottsched - Correspondence: January 1748 to October 1748 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-063511-9 , p. 1621 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[2] Caroline Köhler, Franziska Menzel, Rüdiger Otto, Michael Schlott: Johann Christoph Gottsched - Correspondence: October 1746 to December 1747 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-058100-3 , p. 471 ( limited preview in Google Book Search1).

[3] German biography: Tann, from and to - German biography. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .

[4] Gabriele Ball: Moral kisses: Gottsched as magazine editor and literary mediator . Wallstein Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-89244-350-5 , p. 285 ( limited preview in Google Book search).