Georg Hermann Richerz (clergyman, 1756)
Georg Hermann Richerz (born April 1, 1756 in Lübeck , † July 7, 1791 in Hann. Münden ) was a German Lutheran clergyman and theologian.
Life
Richerz was the son of Lübeck pastor Georg Hermann Richerz (1716–1767). After studying in Göttingen and Leipzig, he became second university preacher and private lecturer at the Georg August University of Göttingen from 1779 . In 1785 he received a pastor's position in Harpstedt in the county of Hoya . In 1788 he became superintendent in Gifhorn . He translated the Isaiah commentary by Robert Lowth, which Johann Benjamin Koppe provided with additions and annotations, from English into German (4 volumes, 1779–1781) and in 1785 published Ludwig Anton Muratori's work On the Imagination of Man .
The mayor of Lübeck Georg David Richerz was his brother.
Fonts
Co-author of a monograph on
- Ludwig Anton Muratori on the imagination of man / Edited with many additions by Georg Hermann Richerz, university preacher in Göttingen ; together with Georg Hermann Richerz, Ernst August Wilhelm von dem Bussche; Carl Rudolph August von Kielmannsegge , Gotthelf Dietrich von Ende , Ludwig Friedrich von Beulwitz , Christian Ludwig August von Arnßwaldt , Detlef Alexander von Wenkstern , Johann Friedrich Karl von Alvensleben , first part, 1785
literature
- Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800 , Volume 11 (1811), p. 257/258 (digitized version )
- Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried: Richerz, Georg Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 435.
- Philipp Meyer : The pastors of the regional churches of Hanover and Schaumburg-Lippes since the Reformation . Volume 1, Göttingen 1941
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richerz, Georg Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran clergyman and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1756 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1791 |
| Place of death | Hann. Münden |