Friedrich Karl Kraft

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Friedrich Karl Kraft 1852, lithograph by Friedrich Adolph Hornemann

Friedrich Karl Kraft (born January 28, 1786 in Niedertrebra ; † February 6, 1866 in Hamm near Hamburg ) was a German classical philologist and lexicographer .

Life

Tomb in the old hammer cemetery in Hamburg

Kraft, the son of a preacher, first attended the Latin school of the Donndorf monastery and then from 1800 the Pforta state school . From 1806 to 1810 he studied theology and philology in Leipzig and then took a position as a teacher at the Hennebergisches Gymnasium in Schleusingen . From 1816 he taught at the Domgymnasium Naumburg and in 1820 was appointed rector of the grammar school in Nordhausen . One of his students there was Karl Ernst Georges .

From 1827 until his retirement in 1861 he was director of the Johanneum in Hamburg .

His daughter Adelheid Kraft married the businessman Edwin Nonne and was the mother of the neurologist Max Nonne .

Fonts

  • Handbook of the history of Ancient Greece, also as a guide to translating from German into Latin. Klein, Leipzig 1815.
  • German-Latin lexicon, compiled from the Roman classics and edited using the best newer aids. 2 volumes. Klein, Leipzig / Merseburg 1820/1821.
    • 2nd, greatly increased and revised edition: Klein, Leipzig / Merseburg 1824/1825 ( digitized version ).
    • 3rd, much improved and enlarged edition: Klein, Leipzig / Merseburg 1829/1830 (digitized: Vol. 1 ).
    • 4th revised and enlarged edition: Metzler, Stuttgart 1843/1844 (digital copies: Vol. 1 , Vol. 2 ).
  • Chrestomathia Ciceroniana, or selected pieces from Cicero's writings. With grammatical and explanatory notes and a complete index. Herold, Hamburg 1830.
    • 2nd, improved and enlarged edition: Herold, Hamburg 1844.
  • Instructions for translating from German into Latin. With Latin phraseology, grammatical and linguistic notes for use in the middle classes of the scholarly schools. 2 volumes. Dyk, Leipzig 1832.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefan Wulf:  Nonne, Max. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , pp. 333-335 ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Kraft, Friedrich Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and lexicographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Niedertrebra
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1866
Place of death Hamm near Hamburg