Friedrich Wilhelm Döring

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Friedrich Wilhelm Döring (also Doering ; born February 9, 1756 in Elsterberg , † November 27, 1837 in Gotha ) was a German classical philologist .

Life

Döring was the son of pastor David Gottlieb, who however died early. His mother remarried soon afterwards, but this new relationship with his mother had a negative impact on the boy's upbringing and education. The boy's bad situation was recognized by the local clergyman, Johann Karl Böttiger, who subsequently took him in with his children and gave him lessons. Together with the son of the clergyman Karl August Böttiger, he received a scholarship for the Pforta school , to which the two were accepted on May 11, 1772. At the school he was particularly encouraged by Friedrich Gottlieb Barth . On March 30, 1778, Döring left school and moved to the University of Leipzig , where, in addition to philology, he also studied philosophy and theology . During this time he worked as a private tutor and educator in the house of Carl Gottfried von Winkler and in the house of Chamberlain Christoph August Lebrecht von Bodenhausen. On March 1, 1781, he received his master's degree at the University of Leipzig and is also to become a Dr. phil. have been awarded a doctorate .

Döring took in 1782 a reputation as the successor of the late Johann Gottlob Thierbach to the position as rector of the Lyceum in Guben on. He took up this office on December 18, 1782 with a public speech. He began his writing activity in Guben, stayed there for only two years due to various inconveniences, but brokered the position to his childhood, school and college friend Böttiger. In 1784 he then accepted a call to the school in Naumburg . However, he only stayed there for about two years.

In 1786 Döring received another appointment from Gotha. There the young rector Friedrich Andreas Stroth died surprisingly in office. On July 23, 1786, he was assigned to the post at the Gymnasium illustrious von Gotha , and on October 23, he finally gave his inaugural address. Döring received the grammar school aspiring and provided with an ambitious college, which he knew how to use in the following years. During his tenure, the Gothaer Gymnasium had a reputation for being one of the best German educational institutions. For example, Friedrich Jacobs , Johann Friedrich Salomon Kaltwasser and Johann Kaspar Friedrich Manso taught there, as did Valentin Rost and Ernst Friedrich Wüstemann, who were added under Döring . He himself mainly taught the Latin language.

Döring received various recognitions for his work. In 1791 he was appointed to the church council of Saxony-Gotha , in 1831 the fiftieth anniversary of the doctorate and in 1832 the jubilee in office was celebrated. In 1833 he was finally given the title of senior consistorial councilor . In addition, he is said to have received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Civil Merit from the King of Saxony at the instigation of his Duke .

Döring is also said to have distinguished himself as a Latin poet through his odes .

The classical philologist and historian Christian Ferdinand Schulze was his foster son.

Works (selection)

  • Explanatory notes on Cicero's choice speeches. School bookshop, Braunschweig 1797.
  • Instructions for translating from German into Latin . 4 volumes, Geistinger, Vienna 1821.
Editions
  • Marcus Tullius Cicero : Exquisite speeches by Cicero (= 3rd part of the Encyclopedia of the Latin Classics ). School bookshop, Braunschweig 1797.
  • Horace : Opera omnia. 2 volumes, Hahn, Leipzig 1814 ff.
  • Titus Livius : Opera omnia. 7 volumes, Ettinger, Gotha 1816–1819 (started by Friedrich Andreas Stroth ).
  • Horace: Chrestomathia Horatiana et P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica. Hammerich, Altona 1835.

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SURNAME Döring, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Doering, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and rector
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Elsterberg
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1837
Place of death Gotha