Friedrich August Ukert
Friedrich August Ukert (born October 28, 1780 in Eutin , † May 18, 1851 in Gotha ) was a German philologist and historian .
Life
Friedrich August Ukert attended the Grand Ducal Gymnasium in his hometown and studied in Halle and Jena from 1800 . From 1804 he worked as a private tutor, including in Weimar , where in 1807 he became the tutor of the two sons of Friedrich Schiller , Karl Ludwig Friedrich and Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm , who had died two years earlier . In 1808 he followed a call to Gotha , where he first worked as an inspector at the Illustre grammar school , then as a librarian at the ducal library. In addition to translations of historical and geographical works, he published works on demonology and library history.
Since 1842 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
Friedrich August Ukert found his final resting place in Gotha Cemetery II , but the grave is no longer preserved today.
Others
The lunar crater Ukert has been named after him since 1935 .
Friedrich August Ukert's son August Ukert was President of the Senate at the Imperial Court .
Ukert's colleague at the Gothaer Gymnasium Illustre , the historian Johann Georg August Galletti , immortalized him in one of his famous catheter flowers: I, Professor Ukert and I, the three of us went on a trip.
Works (selection)
as an author
- About the manner of the Greeks and Romans to determine the distances and about the stage. An attempt . Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar 1813.
- Investigations into the geography of Hecateus and Damask . Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar 1814.
- Notes on Homer 's Geography . Publishing house of the Geographical Institute, Weimar 1814.
- Geography of the Greeks and Romans from the earliest times to Ptolemy . Verlag des Geographisches Institut, Weimar 1816–46 (3 vols.).
- Contributions to the older literature or peculiarities of the ducal library in Gotha . Verlag Dyk, Leipzig 1835–38 (3 volumes, together with Friedrich Jacobs ).
- The Amazons . New edition Weiß Verlag, Munich 1849.
- About demons, heroes and geniuses . Weidmann Publishing House, Leipzig 1850.
as editor
- History of the European states (general history of states). Verlag Perthes, Gotha 1828 ff. (Together with Arnold Heeren ).
as translator
- Anne Louis François Delorme Billet: Memories of Stéphanie Louise von Bourbon-Conti . Niemann, Lübeck 1809.
- Francis Beaufort : Caramania or description of the south coast of Asia Minor . Publishing house Saxon private state industrial comptoirs, Weimar 1821.
- John Macdonald Kinneir: Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia and Kurdistan, in the years 1813 and 1814 . Publishing house Saxon private state industrial comptoirs, Weimar 1821.
literature
- Wilhelm Wilmanns: Ukert, Friedrich August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 175 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Georg August Galletti: Gallettiana. Delicious and thoughtful to read , Berlin 1876, No. 405
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich August Ukert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Friedrich August Ukert in the German Digital Library
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SURNAME | Ukert, Friedrich August |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist and historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1780 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eutin |
DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1851 |
Place of death | Gotha |