Friedrich Wilhelm Josias Jacobs
Friedrich Wilhelm Josias Jacobs (born March 24, 1793 in Gotha ; † July 29, 1833 in Jena ) was a German doctor and writer.
Life
Jacobs, eldest son of the philologist Friedrich Jacobs , first studied agriculture in Geneva and at the institute of Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg zu Hofwil in Switzerland. After graduating from high school Illustre zu Gotha in 1812, he moved to Göttingen University to study medicine. He became a member of the Corps Brunsviga Göttingen . After his doctorate in 1816 as Dr. med. he visited clinical institutions in Würzburg, Munich and Vienna before he settled down as a general practitioner in his hometown Gotha. He was also a country physician, was in charge of the Gotha hospital, and was assessor for the Duke. medical college and Physicus of the nobles v. Cheek local dishes.
In 1817 he took part in the first Wartburg festival of the student fraternities and was on the attendance list as “Dr. Friedrich Jacobs from Gotha ”.
In addition to his dissertation, he published some poems in paperbacks and edited Xenophon's book on the art of riding in translation from the Greek with annotations. One of his special literary friends was the pastor and fabulous poet Wilhelm Hey , with whom he wrote poems.
In 1822 he suddenly fell ill with epilepsy, which could not be cured even with various spa treatments. He spent the last years of his life in the Grand Ducal Hospital in Jena, where he died unmarried at the age of 40. His father set him a literary monument in his autobiography Personalalien with a necrology. He dedicated the youth story Allwin and Theodor to this son on his eighth birthday. The history and portrait painter Paul Emil Jacobs was his youngest brother.
Works
- Talpae europaeae atoms . Jena 1816 (dissertation)
- Xenophon's book on equestrian art translated and annotated by Friedrich Jacobs, DM With a copper plate. Gotha by Justus Perthes. 1825
- Der Ring, poetic story in three songs and octaves In: Taschenbuch Urania, 1821, pp. 449–509
- Rosary in twelve sonnets . In: Taschenbuch Minerva 1823, pp. 461–472
literature
- Friedrich Jacobs, Vermischte Schriften, 7th volume. Personalalien Leipzig 1840, p. 46. 265. Nekrolog 556
- Albert Schumann : Jacobs, Friedrich Wilhelm Josias . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 613.
- German Gender Book Vol. 214, Limburg 2002, p. 492 f, portrait p. 477
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacobs, Friedrich Wilhelm Josias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gotha |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1833 |
| Place of death | Jena |