Friedrich Ludwig Wagner (theologian)
Friedrich Ludwig Wagner (born July 22, 1764 in Seeheim , † November 15, 1835 in Darmstadt ) was a German theologian , educator and librarian .
Life
Friedrich Ludwig Wagner was born in July 1764 as the son of a Protestant pastor in Seeheim an der Bergstrasse. After the early loss of his father, he attended the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium in Darmstadt. After graduating, he studied Protestant theology in Giessen. There he made friends with the Protestant theologian and educator Friedrich Heinrich Christian Schwarz (1766-1837). In 1785 Wagner took his theological exam. From 1786 he was tutor to a family in Hachenburg . Wagner wrote literary works and worked as a translator. He translated a biography about the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707–1788).
In 1790 he became a teacher at a girls' school in Darmstadt. Four years later he became a teacher at the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium in Darmstadt. From 1802 he was garrison preacher and from 1803 he was also a part-time court librarian. From 1806 he was also a church and school council and a member of the state authority for church and school systems. He was a member of the Darmstadt Masonic Lodge Johannes der Evangelist zur Eintracht .
Wagner headed the court library in Darmstadt until 1811. During his term of office, in particular, the new regulation of the deposit copies, which benefited the court library, fell.
Friedrich Ludwig Wagner died in Darmstadt in November 1835 a few months after his wife.
Publications
- 1789: Buffon's life along with his theory of the earth and epochs of nature. From the French, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig.
- 1796: Handbook of Youth in Citizens' Schools, Frankfurt am Main.
- 1806: Eternal muse almanac of young Teutons, Frankfurt am Main.
literature
- Erich Zimmermann (Ed.): Electricity through the centuries. Contributions to the history of the Hessian State and University Library Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Man 1967.
- University and State Library Darmstadt (Ed.): Neue Mitte (n). The library buildings of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt 2014.
- Ferdinand Sander: Wagner, Friedrich Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 494 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Friedrich Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian, educator and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seeheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1835 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |