Hermann Gottfried Pauli

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Hermann Gottfried Pauli (born September 25, 1720 in Braunschweig ; † February 20 or 27, 1786 ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

The son of the theologian Hermann Reinhold Pauli and brother of Ernst Ludwig Pauli and Georg Jakob Pauli attended the reformed grammar school in Halle (Saale) and from 1737 attended the university there. In 1742 he became tutor of a Baron von Groote , whom he accompanied to Utrecht . Pauli spent the winter of that year there and also attended lectures at the University of Utrecht . Then he traveled back through Maastricht , Cologne , Wetzlar , Marburg and Kassel .

1743 Pauli was in Köthen tutor of Anhalt-Köthen Prince Karl Georg Lebrecht and Friedrich Erdmann , soon after Hofdiakon .

In 1749 Pauli finally went to Merzin as a pastor . He held this position until 1765, when he became a deacon and third preacher at the St. Jakob church in Köthen . He was introduced to this office on the 3rd Advent of the year. For consistory , court preacher, superintendents and first preachers of St. James was named Pauli 1,772th

At the age of 65, Pauli died on a trip in 1786. There are different information on the date of death; either February 20th or February 27th.

family

On May 10, 1746, Pauli married Maria Eleonore, the daughter of the Halle court assessor Sebastian Leveaur, who was the widow of the cathedral preacher Ernst Kiesewetters. Maria Eleonore died in 1768. The marriage had three sons, one of whom was still alive in 1776.

Works

  • Tears of sincere love at the grave of his tenderly beloved wife (Köthen 1768)
  • Memorial speech at the funeral of the maiden, Sophien Eleonoren Laurentius (Koethen 1769)

literature

  • Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel : Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dark's historical-critical messages from deceased scholars and their writings , Volume 1, 1757, p. 287 ( online ).
  • Johann Ludwig Anton Rust : Historical-literary news from the last living, Anhalt writers , 1776, pp. 135-137 ( online ).
  • Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the now living Teutschen writers , Volume 3, 1784, p. 98 ( online ).
  • Johann Georg Meusel: Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800 , Volume 10, 1810, p. 294 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Pauli, Hermann Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1720
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1786 or February 27, 1786