Georg Wilhelm Overkamp
Georg Wilhelm Overkamp (born January 9, 1707 in Greifswald or Stralsund , † July 27, 1790 in Greifswald) was a German orientalist .
Life
Georg Wilhelm Overkamp was the son of a merchant who was first council cellar master in Stralsund and later in Greifswald. His mother came from the respected Greifswald merchant family Weissenborn. He attended the Greifswald city school and then studied at the universities of Greifswald and Jena . He was particularly concerned with the oriental languages . In Jena he received the license to teach as Magister Legens and in 1736 became an adjunct of the philosophical faculty. After becoming known through various academic papers, he moved to the University of Greifswald as an adjunct, where in 1739 he received the full professorship for oriental languages. In 1743 he was rector of the university, in the last years of his life its senior.
Overkamp published various dissertations. In Greifswald he founded a university scholarship (1787) as well as a poor and free school. He was buried in the Neuenkirchen cemetery , where a memorial was erected for him in 1886.
The son Timotheus Christian Wilhelm Overkamp (1743-1828) came from the marriage with Hedwig Ulrika Lütkemann, daughter of the Greifswald general superintendent Timotheus Lütkemann , in 1740 .
See also
literature
- Adolf Häckermann : Overcamp, Thimotheus Christian Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 17.
- Johann Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten : History of the University of Greifswald with documentary enclosures. First part. Koch, Greifswald 1857, p. 291f. ( Google books )
- Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Verlag Johann Karl Gottfried Wagner, Neustadt an der Orla, 1833, Vol. 3, pp. 189–191, online
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Karl Gottlob Hirsching : Historical and literary handbook of famous and memorable people who died in the 18th century. Vol. 6, Schwickert, Leipzig 1804, p. 329 ( Google books ).
- ^ Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Vol. 10, G. Fleischer, der Jüngere, Leipzig 1810, p. 256 ( Google books ).
- ^ According to Häckermann in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
- ^ A b Agneta Schönrock: The project "Greifswald University Teachers' Dictionary of the 19th and 20th Centuries". In: Werner Buchholz (Ed.): The University of Greifswald and the German university landscape in the 19th and 20th centuries . Franz Steiner, 2004, ISBN 978-3-515-08475-8 , pp. 81-82
- ^ Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch: The Prussian Universities. A collection of ordinances that concern the constitution and administration of these institutions. Vol. 1, Mittler, Berlin, Posen and Bromberg 1839, p. 356 ( Google books ).
- ^ Matthias Wolfes: Overkamp, Timotheus Christian Wilhelm. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 1039.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Lembke | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1743 |
Jakob Heinrich von Balthasar |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Overkamp, Georg Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1707 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Greifswald or Stralsund |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1790 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |