Friedrich Majer

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Friedrich Majer (also Maier) (born April 28, 1772 in Koskau bei Schleiz , † May 15, 1818 in Gera ) was a German historian and folklorist .

Majer was born the son of a preacher and later a senior pastor in Tanna . From 1781 he studied in Jena and then lived in Weimar. From 1804-1805 he was tutor of the future Prince von Reuss-Schleiz Heinrich LXII. and led this at the universities of Würzburg and Bamberg. Because of the events of the war , the Prince's Grand Tour , on which Majer was scheduled to accompany, could not take place. Therefore he lived in Jena and taught as a private lecturer in Weimar. From 1804 he was princely Reussisch-Schleizischer councilor, most recently legation councilor . From 1802 he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Majer's research focus was on folklore, especially religious studies. He was a student of Johann Gottfried Herder and introduced Arthur Schopenhauer to ancient Hindu thinking in 1813 .

Publications

  • History of ordinances, especially judicial duels in Germany. A fragment from the history and antiquities of the German judicial system. Academic bookstore, Jena 1795 (unchanged photomechanical reprint. Central antiquariat of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig 1970).
  • Letters on the ideal of history. Bohn, Lübeck 1796, digitized version .
  • On the cultural history of the peoples. Historical research. 2 volumes. Hartknoch, Leipzig 1798.
  • General history of the law of the thumb in Germany. Volume 1, Section 1–2 (no longer published). Frölich, Berlin 1799.
  • Bertrand Du Guesclin. Romantic biography. 2 volumes. Wilmanns, Bremen 1801–1802.
  • General mythological lexicon. Section 1, Volume 1–2 (no more published). Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar 1803–1804.
  • Chronicle of the Princely House of the Reussen von Plauen. at the author's expense, Weimar 1811.
  • Mythological paperback, or representation and description of the myths, religious ideas and customs of all peoples. Designed for every class of reader from the best sources. 2 years. Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar 1811, 1813, ZDB -ID 720140-0 .
  • Anonymous: Suggestions on the kindness in the restoration of Germany. Germania (ie: Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar) 1814, digitized from Google Books .
  • Brahma or the religion of the Indians as Brahmaism. CH Reclam, Leipzig 1818, digitized .
  • Mythological poems and songs of the Scandinavians. Translated from the Icelandic of the Younger and Older Edda and accompanied by a few notes. Cnobloch, Leipzig 1818.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Michael O. Krieg: No more was published. Volume 2: M - Z. Supplements (= Bibliotheca Bibliographica 2, 2). Krieg, Bad Bocklet et al. 1954, p. 7.
  2. ↑ Michael O. Krieg: No more was published. Volume 2: M - Z. Supplements (= Bibliotheca Bibliographica 2, 2). Krieg, Bad Bocklet et al. 1954, p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Majer, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maier, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Koskau near Schleiz
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1818
Place of death Gera