Gabriel Gottfried Bredow
Gabriel Gottfried Bredow (born December 14, 1773 in Berlin , † September 5, 1814 in Breslau ) was a German headmaster and university professor .
Life
As the son of a master tailor, Bredow came from a humble background, but despite his origins he was able to study theology and philology at the University of Halle . His above-average intelligence helped him to gain an early career advancement after completing his studies. As early as 1794, when he was only twenty, he was accepted into the teaching staff of the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin. Just two years later, at the invitation of Johann Heinrich Voss, he came to the Eutin School of Academics , where he taught religion , history , geography , mathematics and natural history and also supported Voss in his duties as headmaster. After Voss' retirement, Bredow was given the office of headmaster, which he held from 1802 to 1804.
In 1804 Bredow was appointed professor of history at the University of Helmstedt . When Helmstedt fell to the Kingdom of Westphalia in 1809 , Bredow preferred to move to the University of Frankfurt an der Oder . However, this university was moved to Breslau as early as 1811 . Bredow moved to Breslau, but instead of a professorship, he was given the post of supreme director and supervisor of all scholarly schools in the Breslau administrative district . Bredow was delighted with this task, but died shortly after his move from the effects of an illness.
His daughter Maria Bredow (* March 2, 1799 in Eutin; † January 7, 1845 in Breslau) married Gustav Adolf Harald Stenzel .
Known students
- Johann Gottlieb Kunisch (1789-1852) was a German high school teacher at the Collegium Fridericianum in Breslau, author and editor.
Fonts (selection)
- World history in tables along with a tabular overview of literary history. Johann Friedrich Hammerich, Altona 1804 ( digitized version ).
- Main events of world history in three tables for the first lesson in history. Johann Friedrich Hammerich, Altona 1816.
literature
- Ernst-Günther Prühs: History of the City of Eutin. Struve, Eutin 1994, ISBN 3-923457-23-5
- Axel E. Walter: Gabriel Gottfried Bredow and Eutin. In: Heimatverband Eutin : Yearbook for local history - Eutin. Eutin 1993, pp. 37-41.
- Franz Xaver von Wegele : Bredow, Gottfried Gabriel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 282 f.
- Detlev L. Lübker, Hans Schröder : Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1796 to 1828 , 1. Dept. A – M, Verlag K. Aue, Altona, 1829, p. 71ff., No. 139, ( online )
Web links
- Literature by and about Gabriel Gottfried Bredow in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bredow, Gabriel Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German school principal and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1814 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |