Hermann Brockhaus

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Hermann Brockhaus

Hermann Brockhaus (born January 28, 1806 in Amsterdam , † January 5, 1877 in Leipzig ) was a German orientalist .

Life

Medal in honor of Hermann Brockhaus, Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer, August Friedrich Pott and Emil Roediger, 1870

The third son of the publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus studied oriental languages, especially Sanskrit , in Leipzig , Göttingen and Bonn , lived for a long time in France and England and then settled in Dresden . From there he moved to Jena as a professor in 1839 and to Leipzig in 1841, where he became a full professor of ancient Indian language and literature in 1848 . He died there on January 5, 1877. In 1846, when the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences was founded, he was elected a member. Since 1860 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . Brockhaus also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leipzig University and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1872/73 .

In 1870 Brockhaus received a medal together with his colleagues Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer , August Friedrich Pott and Emil Rödiger ) on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft , of which the four honorees were the first managing directors.

family

In 1836 he married Ottilie Wagner, the sister of the composer Richard Wagner . His first son Clemens Brockhaus (1837–1877) was later professor in Leipzig, the younger son Friedrich Brockhaus (1838–1895) professor in Basel, Kiel, Marburg and Jena.

Act

The area of ​​Ancient Indian includes his editions of Prabodhachandrodaya , a philosophical drama by Krishnamicra , and the Kathasarit-sâgara , a collection of fairy tales by Somadeva Bhatta . His edition of part of the Zendavesta , the Vendidâd Sâde , did a great deal to facilitate the Zend study. He also published two Persian texts. a critical edition of the songs of Hafez and a similar edition of the Persian adaptation of the Book of the Seven Wise Masters . For many years from 1853 onwards he edited the magazine of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft , of which he was the founder, and in which he published various of his own essays, as well as the General Encyclopedia by Johann Samuelesch and Johann Gottfried Gruber since 1856 . His suggestion on the printing of Sanskrit works with Latin letters has found almost general acceptance.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Hermann Brockhaus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Krmnicek, Marius Gaidys: Taught images. Classical scholars on 19th century medals. Accompanying volume to the online exhibition in the Digital Coin Cabinet of the Institute for Classical Archeology at the University of Tübingen (= From Croesus to King Wilhelm. New Series, Volume 3). University Library Tübingen, Tübingen 2020, pp. 35–37 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Leipzig 1835
  3. ↑ Sanskrit and German, Leipzig 1839 to 1866.
  4. ↑ in Latin script, with index and glossary , Leipzig 1850.
  5. ↑ Leipzig 1854–60, 3 volumes.
  6. ↑ Leipzig 1845.
  7. ↑ Part 62 ff.
  8. ↑ Leipzig 1841.
personal data
SURNAME Brockhaus, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1877
Place of death Leipzig