Gustav Wendt (philologist)

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Gustav Wendt

Gustav Wendt (born January 24, 1827 in Berlin , † March 6, 1912 in Karlsruhe ) was a German high school teacher in Pomerania , Hamm and Karlsruhe.

Life

Gustav Wendt was the only son of Heinrich Wendt (1803-1859) and his wife Mathilde, née Köhler. He attended the Friedrich Wilhelm High School in Poznan , where his father was the first director. After graduating from high school, he studied classical philology at the universities of Berlin , Bonn and Halle . During his studies in 1845 he became a member of the Fridericia Bonn fraternity . He completed his probationary year at his school in Poznan . Permanently employed there in June 1851, he went to Michaelis in 1851 as a collaborator at the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin . In 1854 he came to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Greifenberg an der Rega as Vice-Rector . On December 15, 1856 he was appointed director of the Royal High School in Hamm .

Wendt was one of the youngest Prussian high school directors, but had opponents among his superiors because of his church-critical and liberal attitudes. Therefore, in 1867 he moved to the Lyceum Karlsruhe in the liberal Grand Duchy of Baden . He was appointed to the high school board and entrusted with the reorganization of the school system in Baden. In his handbook of education and teaching , he presented his basic views. He gained special recognition for the translation of Sophocles' tragedies into German . He was friends with Johannes Brahms .

Wendt headed the Karlsruhe grammar school for four decades. Not until 1907, at the age of 80, did he retire . When he died five years later, Grand Duke Friedrich II came to the funeral.

family

Wendt was married to the daughter Anna (1831-1892) of the Szczecin entomologist Carl August Dohrn ; the couple had 7 children. One of the grandchildren was Wilhelm Furtwängler .

Appointments

  • 1871: extraordinary member of the high school board for a period of three years
  • 1874: ditto for a further three years
  • 1875: full member of the high school board
  • 1886: Privy Councilor
  • 1894: Go. Council III. class
  • In 1907, when he retired, he was awarded the title of Geh. Council II. Class

medal

Publications

  • The high school and public opinion. 2nd edition, Karlsruhe-Bielefeld 1883.
  • Exercises on German essays from ancient times. Berlin 1884.
  • The organization of higher education in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Munich 1897.
  • Didactics and methodology of German teaching and philosophical propaedeutics. 2nd edition, Munich 1905.

literature

  • Festschrift to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Royal High School in Hamm i. W. Hamm 1907.
  • Gustav Uhlig : In memory of Gustav Wendt . In: The humanistic high school. 23rd year (1912), pp. 94-105.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kössler's teachers' dictionary (GEB) (PDF; 5.6 MB)
  2. ^ Franz Richarz: List of members of the Fridericia fraternity in Bonn (February 18, 1843 to autumn 1847) as well as the Arminia fraternity in Bonn (1847 to 1849) and the fraternity association Germania in Bonn (1843 to 1849) . Bonn 1894, p. 16.
  3. ↑ a b V. Steck (2012)
  4. ↑ Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Staats-Anzeiger for the Grand Duchy of Baden 1869 ff. (Communication from Dr. V. Steck, 6 August 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Wendt, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wendt, Carl Gustav Adolph Philipp (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and headmaster
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1912
Place of death Karlsruhe