Gottlieb Wernsdorf I.

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Gottlieb Wernsdorf I. (born August 8, 1717 in Wittenberg ; † January 22, 1774 in Danzig ) was a German pedagogue, rhetorician and author.

Life

As the son of Gottlieb Wernsdorf the elder born, he visited in Merseyside school, went to the will had enrolled him already on 1 May 1719 the registers of the University of the Father, to study at the University of Wittenberg , where he at 30 Acquired a master's degree in philosophy on April 27 , 1738 , received a license to teach at the faculty of philosophy on April 27, 1739, and on October 13, 1742 was accepted as an adjunct of the faculty of philosophy.

In 1743 he was appointed professor of oriental languages at the Academic Gymnasium Danzig . In 1744 he married Elisabeth Johanna Verpoorten, the daughter of Albrecht Verpoorten, rector of the Danzig grammar school and at the same time pastor of the Trinity Church in Danzig. In 1748 Wernsdorf changed to the professorship of eloquence and poetry. During these years he campaigned for the development of the grammar school and earned great merit in the process. At that time he made a name for himself with his writings, of which his critical editions of the Greek poems of Manuel Philes (Leipzig 1768, Danzig 1773) and the speeches of the sophist Himerios (Göttingen 1790) should be emphasized. It should also be mentioned that he initiated the “Actus solennes” in Danzig in 1754 and gave free lectures on geography for all walks of life on winter evenings.

In 1745 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the previous academies. Gottlieb Wernsdorff. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on June 27, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Wernsdorf, Gottlieb I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator, rhetorician and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1774
Place of death Danzig