Georg Christoph Hamberger
Georg Christoph Hamberger (born March 28, 1726 in Feuchtwangen ; † February 8, 1773 in Göttingen ) was professor of philology, literature and the history of scholars at the University of Göttingen .
Life
Georg Christoph was the son of the deacon Jakob Wilhelm Hamberger (* September 7, 1684 in Ansbach; † August 17, 1737 in Feuchtwangen) and his wife Johanna Juliana Katharina Husswedel (* Solnhofen; † January 14, 1773 in Feuchtwangen). He attended high school in Ansbach and in 1746 the University of Göttingen . Here he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy in 1751, became a member of the philosophical seminar and curator of the university library. In 1755 he was promoted to extraordinary professor of philosophy, in 1763 he became a full professor of philosophy and literary history and second librarian at the university library in Göttingen. He was also secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Göttingen from 1756 to 1762 , whose regular listener he had been since 1753. As a literary historian and lexicographer, he founded the bibliographical series The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the German writers now living , later by Johann Georg Meusel was continued and is still known and updated today under the name "Hamberger / Meusel".
Works
- Reliable news from the most distinguished writers from the beginning of the world to 1500. Parts 1–4. Meyer, Lemgo 1756–1764 ( Internet Archive : First Part Second Part Third Part Fourth Part ).
- Brief reports from the most distinguished writers before the sixteenth century in an excerpt from his major works. Meyer, Lemgo 1766–1767 ( Google book search : first division, second division ).
- as publisher: The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the German writers living now. Sections 1–3 and Addendum 1–2. Meier, Lemgo 1767–1770 ( Internet Archive : First Section (Achenwall - Hunold) Second Section (Jacobi - van Swieten) Third Section (Taddel - Zwinger) First Addendum ), continued by JG Meusel, 24 volumes, 5th edition Lemgo 1796– 1834; Reprint Hildesheim 1965–1979.
literature
- Julius Hamberger : Hamberger, Georg Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 471 f.
- Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Gerhard Fleischer d. J., Leipzig, 1805, vol. 5, p. 111 ( online )
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Christoph Hamberger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , pp. 13, 102.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamberger, Georg Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, professor of history |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1726 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wet cheeks |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1773 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |