Georg von Engelhardt

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Georg von Engelhardt

Georg Reinhold Gustav Baron von Engelhardt ( Russian Егор Антонович Энгельгардт ; born August 1 jul. / 12. August  1775 greg. In Riga , † January 3 jul. / 15. January  1862 greg. In St. Petersburg ) was a Russian teacher and statesman .

Life

Origin and family

Georg was a member of the Baltic barons Engelhardt . His parents were the Russian State Councilor and Livonian General Economics Director Anton Johann von Engelhardt (1729–1808) and Beata Christina, née von Priauda from the Livonian house of Wredenhof (1736–1801).

He married Auguste Marie, née Whitacker, widowed Hahn († 1858) in St. Petersburg in 1800 . The marriage resulted in two daughters and three sons.

In the years 1853/1854 his entire family received the recognition of the right to use the baron title .

Career

Engelhardt moved with his parents to St. Petersburg as a child. His teachers later included well-known academics such as Storch and Krafft .

From 1791 he served in the Imperial Russian Army , first with Prince Potemkin , from 1795 with Prince Subow . In 1796 he was promoted to captain and probably received his farewell as such .

Afterwards he joined the office of the Vice Chancellor Prince Kurakin . As the later secretary of Countess Litta, Engelhardt was responsible for the affairs of the Order of Malta and soon became its master of ceremonies. In 1801 he moved to the Reichsrat as an assistant state secretary.

In 1812 he became director of the Pedagogical Institute in St. Petersburg and was director of the Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo from 1816 to 1823 . Engelhardt gave this educational institution the decisive influence for a long time. At his own request, he was retired in 1822. He often stayed in close contact with former students.

Engelhardt was a real councilor of state . He was also a member of the school council of the Reformed congregations and was friends with Johannes von Muralt . He was also in correspondence with some Decembrists , among others with Küchelbecker . He also stood up personally before the emperor for Pushkin , who had fallen out of favor in the context.

He was buried in the Smolenska Lutheran cemetery .

Works

  • Russian miscelles for a better understanding of Russia and its inhabitants , 4 volumes, St. Petersburg, 1828–1832
  • Russian Agricultural Newspaper , 1834-1853 (as editor and publisher)
  • Journey along the north coast of Siberia and on the Arctic Ocean , Berlin, 1839 (processing of Ferdinand von Wrangel's travel manuscript )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Astaf von Transehe-Roseneck (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods , part 1, 1: Livonia. Görlitz, 1929, p. 44.
personal data
SURNAME Engelhardt, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engelhardt, Georg Reinhold Gustav von (full name); Энгельгардт, Егор Антонович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic-Russian educator and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1862
Place of death St. Petersburg