Gustav Richter (historian)

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Gustav Richter (Latinized Gustavus Richter ; born June 29, 1838 in Naumburg (Saale) , † January 28, 1904 in Jena ) was a German classical philologist , historian and educator .

Life

He studied philology and history in Jena and Bonn and from Easter 1862 pursued the career of a high school teacher in Posen , Schulpforta and Weimar , where he worked as a senior teacher and professor until he was appointed director of the new high school in Jena in autumn 1876. Richter took part in efforts to improve the teaching method in higher schools, which brought him together with Hermann Perthes and later with Otto Frick and moved him to join the German Unified School Association .

With Frick, he founded the educational journal teaching samples and courses from the practice of grammar schools and secondary schools in Halle in 1882 .

Fonts

  • De Seneca tragoediarum auctore: Commentatio philologica. Sieling, Naumburg 1862 ( digitized version ).
  • (Ed. with Rudolf Peiper ) Seneca: Tragoediae. Teubner, Leipzig 1867 ( digitized version ).
  • Chronological tables of German history in the Middle Ages from the foundation of the Franconian Empire to the exit of the Hohenstaufen with continuous explanations from the sources. Publishing house of the bookstore of the orphanage, Halle 1881.
  • Annals of German history in the Middle Ages from the foundation of the Franconian Empire to the fall of the Hohenstaufen with continuous critical explanations from the sources and literature: A manual for the academic study of German history in the Middle Ages. 3 departments. Publishing house of the bookstore of the orphanage, Halle 1873–1890.
  • The old grammar school in Jena (= annual report on the Carolo-Alexandrinum grammar school in Jena. 1886/87 and 1887/88). 2 parts. Neuenhahn, Jena 1888/1889.
  • The higher bourgeois school system in its historical development. Carl Meyer, Hanover 1889.
  • The Jena Luther Festival: An accountability report on behalf of the board of the Luther Festival Association in Jena. Self-published by the Luther Festival Association, Jena 1889.
  • Critical investigations into Seneca's tragedies. Neuenhahn, Jena 1899.

literature

  • Eduard Rosenthal : Gustav Richter. A memory word. In: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology. New series, vol. 14, pp. I – VIII.
  • Georg Siefert: In memory of Gustav Richter. In: Teaching samples and courses from practice in grammar schools and secondary schools. H. 79, 1904, pp. 2-20.

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personal data
SURNAME Judge, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richter, Gustavus (Latinized form of name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist, historian and educator
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1904
Place of death Jena