Thank God Reinhold Sievers
Gottlob Reinhold Sievers (born June 25, 1811 in Hamburg ; † December 10, 1866 there ) was a German ancient historian and high school teacher. From 1834 he taught at the learned school of the Johanneum in Hamburg.
Life
Gottlob Reinhold Sievers was the cousin of Eduard Wilhelm Sievers and great-uncle of Wilhelm Sievers .
Sievers has been concerned with Greek history since his studies. The first phase of his work was dedicated to the classical era (5th / 4th century BC). He later expanded his work to include the imperial era and late antiquity .
His work was praised by experts in its time and for a long time formed the basis of research. His book on Libanios in particular remained the starting point for dealing with this author and his epoch into the 20th century.
In the Ohlsdorf cemetery , Gottlob Reinhold Sievers, among others, is commemorated on the collective grave slab of the Johanneum of the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery.
Fonts (selection)
- Commentationes historicae de Xenophontis Hellenicis . Berlin 1833
- Liberation of Thebes from Spartan rule . Hamburg 1837
- History of Greece from the end of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Mantinea . Kiel 1840
- The life of Libanius . Berlin 1868. Reprinted Amsterdam 1969
- Studies on the history of the Roman emperors . Berlin 1870
literature
- Richard Hoche : Sievers, Gottlob Reinhold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 231 f.
- Herbst, Nekrolog in the Zeitschrift für das Gymnasialwesen , 1867, pp. 944–947
- Program of the Hamburger Realschule , 1867, p. 4.
- Hamburger Writer Lexicon , VII, 183 f.
Web links
- Literature by Gottlob Reinhold Sievers in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Henry Schwieger: Philipp Jakob Speners family and their (Gülich-Sieversche) branch in Hamburg , Hamburg 1911
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sievers, Thank God Reinhold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sievers, GR |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ancient historian and high school teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1866 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |