Jacob Struve

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Jacob Struve

Jacob Struve (born November 21, 1755 in Horst (Holstein) ; † April 2, 1841 in Altona / Elbe ) was a German high school teacher and mathematician.

Life

Struve was the fourth child of the bricklayer Johann Struve (around 1710–1778) and his wife Abel, née Strüven (1719–1762). He should become a farmer. When he was nine years old, his father sent him to class in the winter when work in the fields stopped. The teacher Carsten Warnholz recognized Jacob's mathematical talent. At the age of 16, Jacob Struve passed the entrance examination at the Altonaer Gymnasium . After graduating in 1775, he went to Göttingen University .

Two years after the death of his father, the young Struve got his first independent position in 1780 as vice-principal of the Latin school in Harburg . In 1783 he became professor and rector of the Adolfinum Bückeburg grammar school . In 1785 he moved to the grammar school behind the Marktkirche in Hanover as rector and professor . During this time, in 1789, his Guide to Teaching Mathematics in Schools and High Schools appeared .

In 1791 he moved back to Altona, where he was appointed second professor at the grammar school where he began his own studies 20 years ago. In 1794 Struve became the first director and librarian there. Until 1826 he taught the ancient languages ​​Latin, Greek and Hebrew, as well as dogmatics and exegesis in the Selecta, the highest class of the high school in Altona. In 1827 he went into retirement. In 1808 his textbook Arithmetik in Altona was published.

Jacob Struve's Altonaer time was characterized by scientific work, recognized among other things by the appointment to Dr. phil. hc from Kiel University in 1813. In 1829 he was awarded the title of Councilor of Justice .

Jacob Struve had 14 children from his 1783 marriage with Maria Emerentia Struve, born Wiese (1761–1847), seven of whom survived early childhood, including the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve , the philologist Karl Ludwig Struve and the doctor Ludwig August Struve .

A school in Horst (Holstein) is named after Jacob Struve, the Jacob Struve School.

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Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Bernd Elsner: Jacob Struve, director of the Christianeum and lover of mathematics In: Gudrun Wolfschmidt (Hrsg.): Hamburgs history once different. Development of the natural sciences, medicine and technology , Volume 2, pp. 55-69 ( digitized version )
  2. ^ Professor Buchard: Program of the Gymnasium zu Bückeburg , Bückeburg 1862, p. 25 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Struve, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH horst
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1841
Place of death Altona / Elbe