Gottfried Faehse
Gottfried Fähse (born August 24, 1764 in Schleesen ; † May 29, 1831 in Jüterbog ) was a German classical philologist and pedagogue .
Life
As the son of a miller, he attended the village school in Radis , then went to the city school in Graefenhainichen and attended grammar school in Zeitz for five years . In 1782 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg , where he studied philology with Johann Friedrich Hiller and Johann Karl Zeune , history with Johann Matthias Schroeckh and theology with Karl Christian Tittmann and Franz Volkmar Reinhard .
After four years, he went as a private tutor to Hungary , where he was first introduced to Stephan of Szirmay in Nagyida later and three years with the Count Török of Szendroc Kosice found employment. After taking over a rector's position in Göllnitz in 1792 , he returned to his Saxon homeland and started studying again at the University of Leipzig .
In 1796 he acquired the academic degree of a master’s degree and completed his habilitation with the disputation de ideeis Platoni at the Leipzig Academy. After giving lectures on philosophy and pedagogy there, he took on a teaching position at the Royal Pedagogy in Halle (Saale) in 1798 , became vice rector at the grammar school in Annaberg in 1801 and became rector of the institution in 1806 . In 1809 he was appointed rector of the Francisceum in Zerbst , which he held until 1830. Fähse was the author of works on a wide variety of topics. He died on a spa trip in Jüterbog.
Selection of works
- Outline of technical and practical education, 1797
- Republic, 1800 2nd vol.
- Sophocles, 1804
- Aeschylus, 1809
- Sylloge lectionum graecarum, glossarum, scholiorum in tragicos graecos atque Platonem, 1813
- Animadversiones in Plutachi opera 1825
- Lexicon graecum in tragicos, 1829
literature
- Friedrich August Eckstein : Fae, Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 537.
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Fähse (Vehse), Gottfried, in: Important historical personalities of the Dübener Heide, AMF - No. 237, 2012, pp. 24-25.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fae, Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist and pedagogue |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schleesen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1831 |
| Place of death | Jueterbog |