Gottlieb Kiessling

Gottlieb Kiessling , also Gottlieb Kiessling , Latinized Theophilus Kiessling (born March 16, 1777 in Reichenau , † January 5, 1848 in Zeitz ) was a German teacher and philologist .

Life

Gottlieb Kiessling was the son of the farmer and court elder Gottlieb Kiessling (* 1750; † unknown) and his wife Anna Rosina Trenkler (* 1753; † unknown).

He received his first lessons from Pastor Gottlob Traugott Schüller (1754–1793), who helped shape his future career at an early age because he promoted the inclination towards classical antiquity . In 1790 he attended the Kreuzschule in Dresden under the rector Christian Friedrich Olpe (1728–1803) and began studying theology at the University of Leipzig at Easter 1796 . There he heard the lectures given by Gottfried Hermann , who accepted him into the Greek Society and with whom he remained friends until the end of his life. He also heard the lectures given by the philologist Christian Daniel Beck , with whom he was also on friendly terms. His fellow students were August Gotthilf Gernhard , Carl Erfurdt , Heinrich August Schott and Heinrich Gottlieb Tzschirner .

Towards the end of his studies, Gottlieb Kiessling took over a position as a private tutor for Leipzig's mayor Christian Gottlob Einert , but left shortly afterwards after he had become a Dr. phil. PhD , 1802 as vice-principal at the Lyceum in Plauen . In the following year he was appointed vice-rector at the Stiftsgymnasium in Zeitz to rector Christian Gottfried Müller (1747-1819).

After Christian Gottfried Müller died, Gottlieb Kiessling was appointed his successor as rector on March 16, 1820.

He dealt with classical philology and published numerous writings from ancient Greek .

Gottlieb Kiessling was married to Anna Frieder (* around 1780; † unknown). Together they had two sons and four daughters. Of these are known by name:

• Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Kiessling (born June 13, 1809 in Zeitz; † September 15, 1884 in Königsbrunn near Königstein in Saxon Switzerland ), rector of the Joachimsthal grammar school ;
• Adolph Kießling (* 1807; † 1855), pastor in Prittitz and teacher at the cadet house ; his son of the same name Adolph Kießling also became a philologist, the second son Johann Kießling a pedagogue.

Fonts (selection)

• Jamblichi, Adhortatio ad philosophiam: Textum ad fidem cdd. mss. recensuit, interpretatione latina partim nova et animadversionibus instruxit M. Theophilus Kiessling . Lipsiae: FCG Vogel, 1813.
• Chalcidensis iamblichus ; Gottlieb Kiessling; Ulricus Obrecht: De vita Pythagorica liber Graece et latine . Lipsiae, 1816.
• Teocrito ; Johann Christian Daniel Schreber; Gottlieb Christoph Harles ; Johann Gottlieb Kiessling; Iacopo Morelli: Theocriti Reliquiae graece et latine . Lipsiae: In Libraria Weidmannia, 1819.
• Theodori Metochitae Miscellanea philosophica et historica . Leipzig 1821.
• Lectionum Horatianarum specimen secundum . Cizae Webel 1824.
• Iōannou tou Tzetzou Biblion historikēs tēs dia stichōn politikōn alfa de kaloumenēs: Joannis Tzetzae Historiarum variarum chiliades graece . Lipsiae: Vogelii, 1826.
• Biblion Istorikēs tēs dia stichōn politikōn alpha de kaloumenēs: Historiarum variarum chiliades. Graece. Textum ad fidem duorum codicum monacensium recognovit, brevi adnotatione et indicibus instruxit . Lipziae: Sumptibus Fr. Chr. Guil. Vogelii, 1826.
• C. Cornelii Taciti Annales . Lipsiae: Teubnerus, 1829.
• De situ, moribus et populis Germaniae libellus . Lipsiae, 1832.
• De enunciatis hypotheticis in lingua graeca et latina . Zeitz Webel 1835.

Literature (selection)

• Richard Hoche :  Kießling, Gottlieb . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 734 f.