Friedrich Samuel Bock
Friedrich Samuel Bock (born May 20, 1716 in Königsberg ; † September 30, 1785 ibid) was a German Protestant theologian , historian , librarian and writer .
Life
Friedrich Samuel Bock was a son of the Königsberg city surgeon Georg Bock († 1729) and his wife Barbara Ditter. The poet and dialect researcher Johann Georg Bock was his brother.
Bock studied in his hometown and in Halle . Then he was briefly tutor . In 1743, Bock obtained his master's degree . Five years later he became a chaplain in his homeland . He became consistorial councilor in 1753; Friedrich Bock received his doctorate and full professorial title in theology in 1754. From 1753 to 1779 he was university librarian. The biography of Duke Albrecht of Prussia was written by him. In 1776 Bock resigned from all offices to devote himself to writing.
He also administered and examined the extensive amber collection of the Königsberg commercial councilor Friedrich Franz Saturgus. As one of the first natural scientists in German-speaking countries, he found his way back to the knowledge gained in antiquity but discarded in the Middle Ages that amber is petrified tree resin.
Fonts
- The divine triumph at the birth of Jesus. 1743.
- The speaking blood of Jesus. 1743.
- Reliable and impartial news about the current war in Prussia. In some letters from a shopkeeper to a merchant in Nuremberg. Regensburg 1858 ( full text ).
- Prussian church registry. 1769.
- Attempt of a short natural history of Prussian amber and a new probable explanation of its origin. Königsberg 1767 ( full text ).
- Attempt of a complete natural and action history of the herrings, for the benefit and pleasure . Königsberg 1769 ( full text ).
- Textbook for the latest polemics, 1782.
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An attempt at an economic natural history of the Kingdom of East and West Prussia.
- Volume 1: General Geographical, Anthropological, Meteorological and Historical Treatises . Dessau 1782.
- Volume 2: The underground Prussia, or the fossil kingdom of this country . Dessau 1783 ( full text ).
- Volume 4: Domestic Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, and Fish . Dessau 1784 ( full text ).
- Volume 5: Supplements to the first four volumes and a complete index of the entire work . Dessau 1785.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Bock, Friedrich Samuel. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 641.
- Fritz Gause: Bock, Friedrich Samuel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 342 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Heinrich Erbkam : Bock, Friedrich Samuel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 766.
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Samuel Bock in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tripota - Trier portrait database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of death September 30, 1785 according to information from the NDB and the BBKL, the ADB states September 1786.
- ↑ Kerstin Hinrichs: Bernstein, the “Prussian gold” in art and natural history chambers and museums of the 16th – 20th centuries. Century. Dissertation, Humboldt University Berlin, 2007 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bock, Friedrich Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian, historian, librarian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1716 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1785 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg |