Friedrich Wilhelm von Schubert

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Schubert (born December 5, 1788 in Greifswald , † July 16, 1856 in Altenkirchen (Rügen) ) was a German Lutheran theologian, clergyman, Scandinavian and university professor.

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm Schubert was a son of the lawyer and later lawyer of the University of Greifswald, Wilhelm Julius Ludwig Schubert (1755-1835), and Beata Eleonore Christine Kriebel. After attending the city ​​school he studied from 1804 to 1808 at the University of Greifswald and then until 1810 at the University of Göttingen . In Göttingen he received his doctorate and master's degree in philosophy in 1809 . In 1810 he took a trip through Germany and Switzerland, where he found out about the various forms of education.

In Greifswald he completed his habilitation in 1811 as an adjunct for theology, literary history and education. When his father was raised to the Swedish nobility in 1812, he was ennobled as Friedrich Wilhelm von Schubert. In 1813 he became an associate professor of theology in Greifswald. At the University of Rostock he received his doctorate in theology in 1814. From 1817 to 1820 he traveled through Sweden , Lapland , Finland , Norway and Denmark . In Stockholm in 1817 he became a member of the “pro fide et christianismo” society. On his return he published several writings on the church and school system in Sweden.

In December 1821 he proposed to the Prussian Ministry of Culture to set up a chair for Nordic literature at the University of Greifswald. After his rejection in 1822, he switched to church service and in 1823 took over the office of pastor and superintendent in Altenkirchen on Rügen , where he worked until the end of his life.

Fonts

  • About Christian church and school system. 3 issues, Berlin 1816–1818.
  • Sweden's Church Constitution and Education. 2 parts, Greifswald 1820–1821.
  • Journey through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, Finland and Ingermannland in the years 1817, 1818 and 1820. Hinrichsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig:
    • First volume: Journey through southern and eastern Sweden. Leipzig 1823 ( Google books ).
    • Second volume: Journey through northern Sweden and Lapland. Leipzig 1823 ( Google Books ).
    • Third volume: journey through western Sweden, Norway and Finland. Leipzig 1824 ( Google Books ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Agnetha Schönrock: The project "Greifswald University Teachers' Lexicon of the 19th and 20th Century". In: The University of Greifswald and the German university landscape in the 19th and 20th centuries. Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-515-08475-4 , p. 83 ( Google books ).