Gottlieb Immanuel Dindorf

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Gottlieb Immanuel Dindorf

Gottlieb Immanuel Dindorf (born August 10, 1755 in Rotta ; † December 19, 1812 in Leipzig ) was a German linguist and theologian .

Life

Dindorf's father, a preacher, died early, which is why Dindorf and his mother moved to their birthplace in Freiberg . There Dindorf was raised by a private tutor and then entered the grammar school, where he was trained by Johann Georg Bidermann , Hecht and Hübler. He learned Hebrew with great success from Rector Wilisch . He studied at the University of Leipzig in Christian August Crusius and Ernst Platner philosophy and attended lectures on the history, legal history and classical studies (at Friedrich Wolfgang stimulus ). He soon specialized in theology with Johann August Ernesti and Christian August Clodius (1738–1784). With Johann August Dathe he learned various oriental languages. He also acquired well-versed knowledge of English and French.

In 1780 he received a master's degree in philosophy, followed by his doctorate in 1783 with the dissertation “Maxima versionum difficultas in linguarum dissimilitudine sita est”. In 1784 he became curator of the Leipzig University Library . In 1785 he passed the baccalaureate in theology. In 1786 he was appointed associate professor of philosophy, after Dathes death in 1791 professor of Hebrew and later all oriental languages. He published a Hebrew-Chaldean lexicon in two volumes (Leipzig 1801-04).

Dindorf's sons, Wilhelm (1802–1883) and Ludwig (1805–1871), became important classical scholars in Leipzig.

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SURNAME Dindorf, Gottlieb Immanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German linguist and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotta
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1812
Place of death Leipzig