Gotthilf Sellin
Gotthilf Sellin (born May 18, 1844 in Ludwigslust ; † October 9, 1921 in Schwerin ; full name: Gotthilf Theodor Erich Wilhelm Sellin ) was a German historian , teacher , Esperantist and author . He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Erich Lilsen .
Life
Gotthilf Sellin was born the son of Carl Wilhelm Sellin (1793–1850), seminar director in Ludwigslust and pastor there from 1839–1850, and his wife Emma Seiler (1807–1877), the daughter of a pastor from Brandenburg, and grew up with numerous older siblings . He attended from Easter 1857 to Michaelis 1859 and after an interruption again in the Prima and Oberprima the Grand Ducal Gymnasium Fridericianum in Schwerin, where he passed his Abitur at Easter 1863. Gotthilf Sellin studied at the University of Halle-Wittenberg , where he received his doctorate in 1866 with a thesis in Latin on Burchard II von Halberstadt . In 1868 he was a candidate for a school post at his former school, in 1872 a high school teacher, in 1887 a senior high school teacher and in 1900 a high school professor. He retired on March 31, 1909.
Sellin married Mary Ange Felicie Harper on September 28, 1874, adoptive daughter of Ferdinand Philip Rée and foster sister of Paul Rée . They had three daughters: Ellen (* 1875), Gertrud (* 1877) and Mary (* 1880). His wife died giving birth to a third daughter.
Well-known Sellin's siblings are high school teacher Carl Sellin (* 1833; full name: Carl Adolph Franz Friedrich Wilhelm Sellin), businessman Theodor Sellin (1835–1856), pastor and church councilor Wilhelm Sellin (1838–1931; full name: Wilhelm Christoph Elias Bernhard Donatus Sellin) ), the father of the Old Testament writer Ernst Sellin , colonial director Albrecht Sellin (* 1841; full name: Albrecht Wilhelm Sellin) and the sisters Emma and Johanna Sellin.
In addition to history, Latin and ancient Greek, Gotthilf Sellin also taught Esperanto at his school in Schwerin . The Esperanto poet Marie Hankel was his pupil in 1903.
Works
- Vita Burchardi II Qui Bucco Etiam Dictus Est Episcopi Halberstadiensis: Particula I Et II. University of Halle-Wittenberg 1866 (historical dissertation)
- Burchard II, Bishop of Halberstadt. A contribution to the history of the empire under Emperor Heinrich IV. Schwerin 1870.
- The tusker. Novel from the time of Emperor Tiberius. by Erich Lilsen. With a foreword by Dr. Rudolf Kleinpaul, Friedrich Verlag, 1882.
- The Sabine estate of Horace. A study trip. With map and blackboard. Print Bärensprung, Schwerin 1896. (19 p. 4 °, Annex to the program of the Grossherzoglichen Gymnasium Fridericianum in Schwerin i. M.).
- Burchard II, Bishop of Halberstadt (1060-1088). Munich / Leipzig 1914.
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- Paul Rée : Collected Works. 1875-1885.
- Malwida von Meysenbug : Paul Rée - letters to a friend .
- School programs at the Grand Ducal Fridericianum Gymnasium in Schwerin.
- Ralf Kuse: Gotthilf Sellin - a high school professor at the Fridericianum. - In: 100 years of Esperanto in Schwerin. (2006), pp. 12-13.
Individual evidence
- ^ Emil Weller: Lexicon Pseudonymorum, p. 323 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ biographies.kulturimpuls
- ↑ It is uncertain whether Marie Hankel was a student of Sellin in 1903 or 1905.
- ↑ http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10062108_00005.html .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sellin, Gotthilf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lilsen, Erich (pseudonym); Sellin, Gotthilf Theodor Erich Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigslust |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1921 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |