Hermann Adalbert Daniel

Hermann Adalbert Daniel (born November 18, 1812 in Köthen (Anhalt) , † September 13, 1871 in Leipzig ) was a geographic writer and hymnologist .

Life

Hermann Adalbert Daniel studied 1830-1834 in Halle (Saale) theology , then worked for many years as a professor at the city's Royal Pädagogium the Francke Foundations and died on 13 September 1871 in Leipzig, where he, after he left his teaching office in 1870, retired would have.

It is Daniel's great and lasting achievement that the geography , which he dealt with in the spirit of Carl Ritter , has found general recognition in his textbooks thanks to the clear representation.

As early as 1844 he published a " Textbook of Geography for Higher Educational Institutions " (64th edition. 1885), added a " Guide " for lower educational institutions (151st edition, 1885) and put the sum of his knowledge in his " Handbuch der Geographie "(Leipzig 1859–63, 3 parts .; 5th edition 1880–83, 4 vols.), Of which an extract was published in the third edition in 1877 (Smaller Handbook of Geography) and in 1883 in the fourth edition (next to it illustrated edition in 2 Vol.) Appeared. Otto Delitsch published his " Handbuch der Geographie " in a new version.

All of these works have been translated into several languages, including Spanish and Modern Greek.

In the theological field he has made a name for himself as a hymnologist with the works " Thesaurus hymnologicus " (Halle 1841–56, 5 vols.) And " Codex liturgicus ecclesiae univerase in epitomen redactus " (Halle 1847–53, 4 vols).

Works

• Thesaurus hymnologicus sive hymnorum canticorum sequentiarum circa annum MD usitatarum collectio amplissima. 5 volumes. Leipzig 1841–56; Reprint: 2 volumes. Olms, Hildesheim 1973, ISBN 3-487-04912-0 .
  • T. 1: Hymnos continens. 1841 ( digitized version of the 2nd edition in 1855; digitized version of the 1862 edition).
  • T. 2: Sequentiae. Cantica. Antiphonae. 1844 ( digitized version ; digitized version of the 2nd edition 1855 ).
  • T. 3: I. Delectus carminum ecclesiae Graecae curante Reinholdo Vormbaum. II. Carmina Syriacae ecclesiae curante Ludovico Splieth. III. Paralipomena ad Tomum primum et secundum. 1846 ( digitized ).
  • T. 4: Supplementa ad Tomum Primum. 1855 ( digitized version ).
  • T. 5: Supplementa ad Sequentiarum ... indices. 1856 ( digitized version ).
• Handbook of Geography.
  • Th. 1: General geography. The non-European parts of the world. Frankfurt am Main 1859 ( digitized version ); 2nd edition, Leipzig 1866 ( Google ); 4th edition, Leipzig 1874 ( Google ).
  • Th. 2: The European countries except Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1860 ( digitized version ); 2nd edition, Leipzig 1866 ( Google ); 4th edition, Leipzig 1875 ( Google ).
  • Th. 3: Germany according to its physical and political circumstances. Stuttgart 1863 (digitized: 1 , 2 ).
  • Th. 3: Germany. Physical geography. 2nd Edition. Leipzig 1867 ( Google ).
  • Th. 4: Germany. Political geography. 2nd Edition. Leipzig 1868; 4th edition, Leipzig 1874 ( Google ).

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Daniel, Hermann Adalbert. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1208-1209.
• Friedrich August Eckstein :  Daniel, Hermann Adalbert . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, pp. 731-734.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hermann Adalbert Daniel in the catalog of the German National Library
• HA Daniels Textbook of Geography for Higher Education Institutions , 83rd, often verb. Ed., Buchh. of the orphanage, Halle 1906 (digitized)
• Textbook of geography for higher education institutions , 36th edition, Buchh. of the orphanage, Halle 1873 (digitized version)
• Guide to teaching geography , 76th ed., Buchh. of the orphanage, Halle 1872 (digitized version)
• Geographical character pictures (part 1–2) , Fues, Leipzig 1885–1888 (digitized version)