Hermann Waldow

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Hermann August Waldow (born March 6, 1800 in Stolp , Western Pomerania , † September 24, 1885 in Dresden ) was a German pharmacist , scientist and poet .

Waldow was born the son of a pharmacist. He attended the Latin School of Stolp until 1821. One of his classmates was Ewald Rudolf Stier , with whom he became friends. Both were united by their common interest in poetry and theater. Until 1824 Waldow studied medicine and natural sciences in Berlin. He traveled to Switzerland and Northern Italy , among others . After returning to Stolp in 1826, he ran his father's pharmacy, which he sold in 1844. From 1847 he lived in Dresden. He wrote short stories and numerous poems. He was the editor of the Vienna magazine Siona - pocket book of religious poems .

Works (selection)

  • Poems , Köslin 1829.
  • Oskar and Julie - or the siblings , story, Köslin 1831, review .
  • Poems , Second Collection, Köslin 1832
  • Poems , Siona - paperback religious poetry, year 1837, review .
  • Paradise on the Ohio , narrative.
  • The arson , in: Siona - pocket book of religious seals, year 1839, review (right column) .
  • Pictures from Karlsbad , Stolp 1846.
  • Poems , Siona - paperback religious poetry, 7th volume, Vienna 1850, pp. 157-191 .
  • The pilgrimage , poem, Dresden 1852.
  • Autumn blossoms , poems, Dresden 1852, 3rd edition.
  • Festival of Life , Dresden 1856, 4 booklets.
  • Swan songs , Leipzig 1864.

literature

  • Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon - Biographisches-Bibliographisches Handbuch , Volume 27: Wagner - Walser (Hubert Herkommer and Konrad Feilchenfeld, eds.), Saur Verlag, Zurich and Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-908255-27-7 , p. 474 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the death register of the city of Dresden, registry office Dresden I. The years of birth are the numbers 1800, 1803 and 1805 in the literature.
  2. ^ Karl Goedeke : Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. Volume 3, Dresden 1881, p. 1190 .
  3. ^ Annual Theological Report (Wilhelm Hauck, ed.), Volume 3, Wiesbaden 1868, p.222 .
  4. ↑ Siona - Pocket Book of Religious Seals , Volume 7, Vienna 1850, 310 pages
personal data
SURNAME Waldow, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldow, Hermann August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist, scientist and poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Stolp , Western Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1885
Place of death Dresden