Georg Gottfried Marpurg

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George Gottfried Marpurg (born March 6, 1755 in Langensalza ; † November 10, July / November 22,  1835 greg. In Rõuge ) was a German-Baltic clergyman and author of Estonian writings.

Life

Pulpit of the church in Rõuge

Marpurg was born the son of a merchant in Langensalza , Thuringia , and studied theology at the University of Leipzig from 1773 to 1777 . He then went to Riga as a private tutor , and from 1780 he was in Tartu . From 1782 to 1811 he was pastor in Vastseliina , then in Rõuge until his death .

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Marpurg represented a rationalist movement and was probably the first to implement the Copernican turn in an Estonian-language popular book (1802) , that is, to represent the sun as the center of the solar system. With his other books, written in the South Estonian language variant, he became one of the founders of early secular prose in Estonia.

Later, through contact with Juliane von Krüdener , among other things, he came under pietistic influence and hardly published any secular books.

Publications (selection)

A complete list of Marpurg's Estonian-language work is available from: Eestikeelne raamat 1525-1850. Toim. E. Annus. Tallinn 2000, here p. 638, where under his short biography there are references to 13 writings whose authors he was or in which he was involved.

  • Kristlik Oppetusse-Ramat ('Christian Textbook'). Grenzius, Tartu 1793. 202 pp.
  • Ma-rahwa Laste-Kaswatamissest ('For raising children of the peasant people'). Grenzius, Tartu 1799. 16 pp.
  • Eesti-Ma-Rahwa Calendar ('Calendar of the Estonian Rural People'). Grenzius, Tartu 1805. 48 pp.
  • Weikenne oppetusse nink luggemisse Ramat ('Small text and reading book'). Marpurg, Tartu 1805. 137 pp.

literature

  • Friedrich Georg von Bunge (Red.): Biography - Georg Gottfried Marpurg. In: The domestic. A weekly for Liv, Esth and Curland history, geography, statistics and literature. No. 40/41. Kluge 1836. pp. 657-667 / 673-682. on-line
  • Felix Oinas : George Gottfried Marpurg. In: Eesti Kirjandus 1935, pp. 529-540.
  • Aarne Vinkel: Eesti rahvaraamat. Ülevaade XVIII ja XIX sajandi lugemisvarast. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1966, pp. 58-60.
  • Leo Anvelt: OW Masing yes kaasaegsed. Lisandusi nende tundmiseks. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1979, pp. 117-148.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Koostanud Oskar Kruus, Heino Puhvel: Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 2000, p. 323.
  2. ↑ Heino Eelsalu: Maailmaga kohandumise probleemi meile lähedasi tahke. In: Looming 10/1972, p. 1698.
  3. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2006, lk 167.
  4. ↑ Leo Anvelt: OW Masing ja kaasaegsed. Lisandusi nende tundmiseks. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1979, p. 117.
personal data
SURNAME Marpurg, Georg Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marpurg, George Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian clergyman and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Langensalza
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1835
Place of death Rouge