Johann Adolph Erdmann Schmidt
Johann Adolph Erdmann Schmidt (also: Johann Adolf Erdmann Schmidt; * May 4, 1769 in Leipzig ; † September 7, 1851 (place of death unknown, probably also Leipzig)) was a German philologist, university lecturer and author of several dictionaries, which continued into the 20th century. Century were reissued. Between the winter semester 1817 and the winter semester 1847 he taught Russian and Modern Greek at the University of Leipzig .
Life
Schmidt first went to the Nikolaischule in Leipzig and then studied at the university there. He then worked as an interpreter and was an official translator at the Imperial Russian Consulate General in the Kingdom of Saxony . Since he was mainly in demand during the Leipzig trade fair, he also had enough time to devote himself to work on dictionaries, grammars and language learning books. He has written works on the German, Russian, modern Greek, French, English, Polish, Turkish and Albanian languages. Without having been to Greece himself, his textbooks, encyclopedias and phrasebooks on the Balkan languages are important tools for those involved in philhellenism . Schmidt was also the editor of the Leipzig exhibition catalogs for a time.
Works (selection)
- Modern Greek linguistics. Leipzig 1808. ( digitized version )
- Little Russian interpreter (...) with a description of the Russian warriors. Leipzig 1813.
- Modern Greek interpreter, along with Turkish and Albanian. Leipzig 1823.
- Help book for learning the modern Greek language. Leipzig 1824.
- A complete German Grammar in a systematic order for the use of Englishmen. 2 volumes, 1828.
- Polish-Russian-German dictionary. 2 parts, Leipzig 1836.
- Complete German-Modern Greek-French dictionary. Leipzig 1840.
- Complete Russian-German and German-Russian dictionary. For the use of both nations. 2 volumes, Leipzig 1866. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
literature
- Article "SCHMIDT (Johann Adolph Erdmann)". In: Hamberger / Meusel : The learned Teutschland in the nineteenth century, along with supplements to the fifth edition of the one in the eighteenth. 8th volume. Lemgo 1825. pp. 190f.
- Dr. phil. Johann Adolph Erdmann Schmidt . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen. 29th year. Second part. Weimar 1853. pp. 714f. .
- Michael Schmidt-Neke: Johann Adolf Erdmann Schmidt's Albanian dictionary. In: Südostforschungen. 58 (1999), pp. 103-117.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Adolph Erdmann Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Overview of the courses taught by Johann Adolph Erdmann Schmidt at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1817 to winter semester 1847)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Johann Adolph Erdmann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt, Johann Adolf Erdmann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist, university lecturer and author of several dictionaries |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1851 |