Heinrich Ludwig Pfaff

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Heinrich Ludwig Pfaff (born December 3, 1765 in Herbsleben ; † February 9, 1794 ) was a German Protestant theologian , preacher and teacher.

Life

Heinrich Ludwig Pfaff was the son of Johann Samuel Pfaff, who officiated as a deacon in Herbsburg from 1757 . Initially, the organist and teacher Johann Bindernagel took care of Pfaff's education and also taught him the Latin language. Pfaff's father deepened the Latin language by having him translate the Gothaische political newspaper .

Pfaff then attended a Gothaisches Gymnasium, which was under the rectorate of FA Stroth. Although he proved to be hardworking there, his health deteriorated because he also studied at night. Finally, in 1784, he began studying theology at the University of Jena , besides studying classical studies and philosophy . He also attended the Latin Society of Karl Friedrich Walch and Johann Christoph Döderlein's seminary, for which he wrote the first sermons.

After completing his studies in 1787, Pfaff returned to his hometown as a private tutor. He later became a teacher at a boys' school in Gotha. Lately only candidates for preachers have been accepted there. Since then, Pfaff has been intensively involved in writing. He also worked with the general magazine for preachers at the Gothaischen learned newspapers . He shared the income from his apprenticeship and the books with his sister as well as with his mother, whose husband had already passed away.

Suffering from the mental exertion, Pfaff died in 1794 at the age of 28. His newspaper for country preachers and school teachers , which he started a year before his death, was then continued by the garrison preacher Credner.

Works

  • Pindari Carmen IV Olymp. perpetua annotatione illustravit (Jena 1787)
  • Attempt to briefly describe the state of the manners and customs of the Hebrews for the ignorant (Eisernach 1792)
  • Entertaining history book for citizens and farmers (Gotha 1793)
  • Small exquisite liturgical library for preachers (two volumes, Gotha 1793)
  • Newspaper for country preachers and school teachers (Gotha 1793–1795)
  • Prayer book for citizens and farmers (Gotha 1794)

Remarks

  1. ↑ Albert Schumann names a certain AL Nagel who at that time cannot be traced in Herbsburg. See also: Communications from the Association for Gotha History and Antiquity Research 1919

literature

  • Friedrich Schlichtegroll : Nekrolog on the year 1794. Volume 5, Department 2, 1796, pp. 286–289. ( online in Google Book Search)
  • Friedrich Karl Gottlob Hirsching : Historical literary handbook of famous and memorable people who died in the 18th century. Volume 7, 1805, p. 99. ( online in the Google book search)
  • Samuel Baur : New Historical-Biographical-Literary Concise Dictionary. Volume 2, 1809, Sp. 321. ( online in the Google book search)
  • Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Volume 10, 1810, p. 373 f. ( online in Google Book Search)
  • Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Verlag Johann Karl Gottfried Wagner, Neustadt an der Orla, 1833, vol. 3, p. 267 f. ( online in Google Book Search)
  • August Beck : Ernst the Second, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg as the caretaker and protector of science and art , 1854, p. 137. ( online in the Google book search)
  • Albert Schumann :  Pfaff, Heinrich Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 590 f.
personal data
SURNAME Pfaff, Heinrich Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, preacher and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Autumn life
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1794