Georg Christoph Schwarz

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Georg Christoph Schwarz (born August 11, 1732 in Nuremberg , † September 13, 1792 in Altdorf ) was a German Protestant clergyman and university professor.

Life

Georg Christoph Schwarz was born as the son of Johann Jacob Schwarz, engraver and organist at the St. Jakob Church in Nuremberg.

He initially attended the local Latin school at the Church of St. Sebald , with the rectors Christoph August Reichel (1715–1774) and Jobst Wilhelm Munker (1709–1787). In 1749 he came to the Aegidianum grammar school and heard the teachers Gustav Philipp Mörl , Johann Herdegen (1692–1750), Joachim Negelein and Adam Rudolf Solger there . After graduating from high school, he began studying theology at the University of Altdorf in 1750 and attended lectures by Johann Balthasar Bernhold , Christian Gottlieb Schwarz (1675–1751), Johann Andreas Michael Nagel and Johann Augustin Dietelmair (1717–1785). From 1752 to 1754 he attended the University of Jena and heard lectures from Joachim Georg Darjes , Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch and Johann Peter Reusch . He completed his studies at the University of Altdorf; then he stayed in Nuremberg for a few years.

In 1763 he was appointed inspector of the free tables by the curators of the University of Altdorf and as such had to supervise the scholarship holders and manage the accounts.

In 1766 he was employed as an associate professor of philosophy and in 1789 as a full professor of morals at the University of Altdorf.

In his spare time he was engaged in music and was a recognized flute and violin player. In literary terms he occupied himself biblio and biographical, in this area he published in the literary museum appearing in Altdorf .

His own library, which consisted of over 12,000 books and writings, mostly of prints from the period from 1500 to 1550, which he bequeathed to the University of Altdorf after his death, was remarkable. After the university was abolished, this collection went to the University Library in Erlangen .

Memberships

  • The Historical Institute in Göttingen, which had been founded by Johann Christoph Gatterer in 1766 , appointed him an extraordinary member.
  • He was a member of the Pegnese Order of Flowers and tried his hand at poetry there with the pseudonym Melander II ; He obviously chose this name in memory of the Altdorf professor Christian Gottlieb Schwarz, who was called Melander I there.
  • He was also a member of the Altdorf Latin Society.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Carl Friedrich Stäudlin: History of literature from its beginning to the most recent times: History of modern literature. 2 pt. 1805-12 . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1810 ( google.de [accessed on June 16, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Schwarz, Georg Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1792
Place of death Altdorf