Friedrich von Adelung
Friedrich Georg von Adelung ( Russian Фёдор Павлович Аделунг * 25. February 1768 in Szczecin † January 18, jul. / The 30th January 1843 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a German-Russian lawyer and linguist .
Life
Friedrich Adelung was born in Stettin as the son of the Prussian chief pharmacist Paulus Adelung. The lexicographer Johann Christoph Adelung was his uncle. Friedrich Adelung attended the Ratslyzeum in Stettin and studied law and philosophy at the University of Leipzig from 1787 to 1790 . Extensive trips followed.
From 1793 he worked in various positions in the Russian Empire in Riga , Mitau and Saint Petersburg . Among other things, he became director of the German Theater in St. Petersburg in 1801 . In 1803 he became the instructor of the Grand Dukes Nikolaus and Michael .
He published on Russian history and linguistic topics through foreign sources. In 1809 he became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences . From 1824 until his death he was director of the Oriental Institute . He was in the Russian nobility raised .
family
Friedrich von Adelung was married to Friederike Wilhelmine Rall (1778–1848), daughter of the Russian major general Friedrich Christian Rall (1737–1797) from Hesse . The marriage resulted in a daughter and four sons.
- Karl (1803–1829), Russian Counselor in Tehran
- Friedrich (Theodor), Russian artillery officer
- Alexander († 1869), Russian consul general in Gdansk
- Alexandrine, ⚭ Peter von Köppen (1793–1864), Russian statistician and ethnographer
- Nikolaus (1809–1878), secretary to Olga von Württemberg
Fonts
From his studies of the foreign sources for the history of Russia emerged the works:
- Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein . With special consideration for his travels in Russia , St. Petersburg 1818 ( digitized from the holdings of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Research ).
- August Freiherr von Meyerberg and his travels in Russia , St. Petersburg 1827.
- Critical-literary overview of travelers in Russia up to 1700 , St. Petersburg 1846, 2 volumes.
Noteworthy among his linguistic writings are:
- the Bibliotheca sanscrita , 2nd edition, St. Petersburg 1837.
- the overview of all known languages and their dialects , St. Petersburg 1820.
literature
- Hans Joachim Kissling: Adelung, Friedrich Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 63 ( digitized version ).
- August Leskien : Adelung, Friedrich v . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 80.
- Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard von Napiersky : General writers and scholars encyclopedia of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume I: A-F . Mitau 1827, pp. 4-10 ( online ).
- Eckhard Wendt: Stettiner Lebensbilder (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania . Series V, Volume 40). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-09404-8 , pp. 30–31.
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich von Adelung in the catalog of the German National Library
- Erik Amburger Database , Eastern European Institute Regensburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Bernhard Koerner (Ed.): Genealogical handbook of bourgeois families . Volume 36 , CA Starke Verlag, Görlitz, pp. 22-26.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adelung, Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Аделунг, Фёдор Павлович (Russian); Adelung, Friedrich Georg von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Russian lawyer and linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1843 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |