Hermann Masius

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Portrait of Hermann Masius
supplement to the Darmstädter Tagblatt, No. 20/1886

Karl Wilhelm Hermann Masius (born January 7, 1818 in Trebnitz , † May 22, 1893 in Leipzig ) was a German educator .

Life

Masius was the eldest son of the estate manager and later tax officer Heinrich August Masius (1788–1869) and his first wife Marie Christiane Leopoldine nee. Raap. From autumn 1829 he attended the Latin secondary school of the orphanage in Halle and studied at the University of Halle from 1837–1842 first theology, then pedagogy and natural sciences. After a brief activity at the pedagogy in Halle, he was a teacher at the secondary school in Annaberg in Saxony from autumn 1843 to Easter 1844, then from Easter 1844 to autumn 1853 a teacher at the high school in Salzwedel. From 1862 Masius was the first full professor of education at the University of Leipzig .

Works (selection)

Title page of the book "The entire natural sciences"
The first volume only contains the introduction by Hermann Masius to the three-volume work.

Works written by Hermann Masius or created with his participation are:

  • All of the natural sciences . Third, revised and enriched edition. Printed and published by GD Bädeker, Essen 1873 (with a letter from Alexander von Humboldt )
  • Nature studies. Sketches from the world of plants and animals. (1852; 3rd edition 1857, 9th edition 1880)
  • The animalworld. Characteristics. (1st and 2nd ed. 1861, 3rd ed. 1880)

With Alfred Fleckeisen he was the editor of the yearbooks for philology and pedagogy from 1863 , from 1870 to 1893 (17th to 31st edition) he was the editor of the anthology of poetry founded by Theodor Echtermeyer , a selection of German poems for secondary schools .

literature

  • W .: "Walking up the ridge of the old city wall ..." A classic portrayal of the Altmark homeland - on Hermann Masius' 120th birthday. In: The Central German. Neue Salzwedeler Zeitung. 7th vol., No. 6, January 8, 1938, p. 3.
  • Waldemar Mühlner: Heinrich August Masius. Life picture of a volunteer hunter from Lützow from 1813. In: Walter Möllenberg (Hrsg.): Saxony and Anhalt. Yearbook of the State Historical Research Center for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt. Volume 17, 1941-1942-1943, Verlag August Hopfer, Burg bei Magdeburg 1943, pp. 254-277.
  • Andreas W. Daum : Science popularization in the 19th century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public 1848–1914 . 2nd, supplementary edition, Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3-486-56551-5 , pp. 387, 308, 501.
  • Ernst Block: Important personalities from the Altmark. Part 74: Hermann Karl Wilhelm Masius (1818-1893). Pedagogue, writer and member of the Prussian National Assembly. In: Salzwedeler Volksstimme. No. 32, February 9, 2004, Part IV, p. 4.
  • Ernst Block: The revolution of 1848/49 in Salzwedel. Parents crack down on public attack on high school teachers. In: Salzwedeler Volksstimme. No. 179, August 5, 2009, Part IV, p. 5.

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  • Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon, second volume . 5th, completely revised edition. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1910.

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personal data
SURNAME Masius, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Masius, Karl Wilhelm Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Trebnitz
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1893
Place of death Leipzig