Friedrich Lindemann (classical philologist)

Johann Friedrich Lindemann (born March 10, 1792 in Jöhstadt ; † June 15, 1854 in Boppard ) was a German classical philologist and high school teacher.

Life

The son of the director of the city school and later pastor of Mauersberg had attended the Latin school in Marienberg in 1807 and from 1809 attended the electoral state high school in Meißen . From 1811 he studied theology and philosophy at the University of Wittenberg . Since the wars of liberation broke out in 1813 and the Wittenberg University almost came to a standstill, he returned to his parents. From there he went on an educational trip to Bohemia and went to the University of Leipzig after the Battle of Nations in November 1813 .

After completing his studies there, he went to the grammar school in Torgau as vice-principal in April 1814 , where he also became the principal of the educational institution on September 29. There he increased the number of students again, continued his studies and made the decision to write a story of pre-Roman Italy. To improve his knowledge of the ancient Italian language, he went to Leiden in 1817 . Since his financial circumstances in Torgau were unsatisfactory, he moved to the Meißen State School as the sixth professor in August 1819 and was appointed to the Zittau grammar school in 1823 .

During his 30 years of service here he experienced the reorganization of the Saxon school system, which was no longer under the direction of the church, but under the decisive influence of the state. There were so many difficulties to overcome. In 1825 he received support from the new vice principal Leopold Imanuel Rückert , so that he could take care of the development of the classical studies himself. In the debate at the time about the reorganization of the grammar school system, Lindemann wrote a few writings, earned services in the administration and expanded the school library. In Zittau he was a member of the Freemason Lodge "Friedrich August to the three circles".

His main philological work in researching the ancient Italian dialects was Corpus Grammaticorum latinorum veterum . In 1840 he took over provisionally, from March 1841 full-time management of the royal trade school and building school. He was also on the board of the trade association and founder of the pomological association. For the latter he published the magazine Opora and the fruit growing book. After suffering from a heart condition in 1847, his health deteriorated. Even cures and a longer vacation brought no improvement, so that he was put into retirement in 1853. A year later he died and left the Zittau high school with its 3000 volumes private library.

Publications (selection)

1. Prisciani opera minora. 1818
2. Pompeii commentum artis Donati. Ejusdem in librum Donati de Barbarismis et Metaplasimis commentariolum. Accessit ars grammatica Servii. 1820
3. De nova editione grammaticorum Latinorum epistola ad Niebuhrium. 1828
4. M. Tulli Ciceronis ut ferunt Retoricorum ad Herennium libri IV. Ejusdem de invenzione retorica libri II. 1828
5. Exercise book for the production of Greek verse for the middle and upper classes in high schools. 1824
6. Novus thesaurus linguae Latinae prosodiacus. 1827
7. Corpus Grammaticorum latinorum veterum. 4th vol. 1831-34
8. De originibus linguae latinae. 5. Parts 1828-31
9. Plauti comoediae tres, Captivi, Miles gloriosus Trinummus. 1830
10. Plauti Amphitruo. 1834
11. The most important shortcomings of the scholarly school system in the Kingdom of Saxony, together with proposals for their improvement. 1833
12. Negotiations on the draft law concerning the organization of the scholarly schools in the first chamber of the high estates assembly of the Kingdom of Saxony. 1834
13. Some hints about the architecture schools of the ancient world. 1841

See also

• List of pomologists

literature

• Otto Kaemmel :  Lindemann, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 674-678.