Johann Andreas Matthias

Johann Andreas Matthias (born April 9, 1761 in Magdeburg ; † May 25, 1837 ibid) was a German theologian , teacher, school director and consistorial councilor.

Life

Johann Andreas Matthias was born the son of a cloth maker. At first he attended the Magdeburg Cathedral School and then, at his father's request, began an apprenticeship as a businessman, which he gave up again. He continued his education at the pedagogy of the Magdeburg Monastery of Our Dear Women and passed the school leaving examination in 1780 .

From 1780 to 1783 he studied Protestant theology in Halle and then from 1783 to 1792 worked as a teacher at the pedagogy of the monastery of Our Dear Women in Magdeburg. In 1792 he moved to the Magdeburg Cathedral School in the same position and at the same time took over the management of the school teachers' seminar (until 1823) and the cathedral library , which he led until 1806.

In 1814 he was appointed as the successor to Gottfried Benedict Funk as rector of the cathedral school (from 1822 cathedral grammar school, later royal cathedral grammar school in Magdeburg) and held this office until 1837. He wrote mathematics textbooks that were published several times.

In 1816 he was promoted to consistorial and school council and as such was also a member of the consistory and school council of the province of Saxony . As Technical Councilor for Higher Education, he was appointed to lead the high school exams at the provincial high schools.

Johann Andreas Matthias was also actively involved in the reform of the school system in Magdeburg initiated by August Wilhelm Francke in 1819.

Honors

In 1825 he was made an honorary citizen of Magdeburg and in 1830 he was awarded the title of Doctor of Theology by the theological faculty of the University of Jena for his services to the school system.

Fonts

• Extract from Robert Simson's Latin and English translations of the first six books and the eleventh and twelfth books of the elements of Euclides, containing the changes he made and inserted sentences, along with the geometrical and Eritic notes, as an appendix to the Lorenzian German translation of all elements , edited by Johann Andreas Matthias. Magdeburg, 1799.
• Instructions for the invention and execution of elementary geometric proofs and resolutions: planimetry . Magdeburg, 1811.
• Guide for a heuristic school lesson on the general theory of sizes, elementary geometry, plane trigonometry, common algebra and the Apollonian rule cuts. Magdeburg: Wilhelm Heinrichshofen, 1813.
• Explanations of the guidelines for a heuristic school lesson. The elements of the general theory of size . Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen, 1814.
• The elements of plane trigonometry; common algebra. - The Apollonian conic sections. Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen, 1815.
• Explanations of the guide for a heuristic school lesson on general size theory, elementary geometry, plane trigonometry, common algebra and the Apollonian conic sections. Second Section The Elements of Geometry. Magdeburg Heinrichshofen 1815.
• A guide to a heuristic school lesson in general size theory, elemental geometry, plane trigonometry, common algebra, and the Apollonian conics. Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen, 1822.
• Attempt at a heuristic development of the basic doctrines of pure mathematics: worked out for use in teaching in learned schools. Leipzig: Schwickert, 1823.
• Thoughts about the limits of high school lessons and the lessons that prepare for them . From the series: School programs Magdeburg; Domgymnasium. 1824.
• Educational and literary communications No. 2. Magdeburg: Heinrichtshofen, 1825.
• Guide for a heuristic school lesson on general size theory, elementary geometry, plane trigonometry, common algebra and the Apollonian conic sections Explanations, 14 additions to Explanations 1-3. and explanations of the changes and additions to the 4th edition of the guide . Magdeburg Heinrichshofen 1828.
• Explanations of the guide for a heuristic school lesson on general size theory, elementary geometry, plane trigonometry, common algebra and the Apollonian conic sections, section 4 . Magdeburg Heinrichshofen 1828.
• Guide for a heuristic school lesson on general size theory and common algebra, elementary geometry, plane trigonometry and the Apollonian conic sections; With 7 lith. Panel. Magdeburg Heinrichshofen 1830.
• Educational and literary messages, along with news about the cathedral high school in Magdeburg. No. 8. Magdeburg, W. Heinrichshofen, 1832.
• Words of faith, love and hope: spoken in front of his dear students at the cathedral high school in Magdeburg. Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen, 1834.
• Pedagogical and literary communications, together with news about the cathedral high school in Magdeburg No. 11. Magdeburg: from Wilhelm Heinrichshofen, 1836.
• Rehearsal of the editing of a new edition of Matthias' Guide for Heuristic School Lessons in Elementary Mathematics. Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen, 1840.
• Guide to a Heuristic School Lesson in General Arithmetic and Algebra, Elementary Geometry, Plane Trigonometry, and Apollonian Conics . Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen, 1845.

literature

• New Nekrolog der Deutschen 15, 1839, pp. 598–601.
• K. Janicke:  Matthias, Johann Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 672 f.
• Hugo Holstein: History of the cathedral high school in Magdeburg. 1875.
• Bibliographical directory of the provosts, rectors and teachers of the pedagogy at the monastery of Our Dear Women in Magdeburg. 2000, No. 57 ( W ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matthias, Johann Andreas. Retrieved September 26, 2017 . 
2. ^ ADB: Matthias, Johann Andreas - Wikisource. Retrieved September 26, 2017 . 
3. ^ State capital Magdeburg: honorary citizen - state capital Magdeburg. Retrieved September 26, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Johannes Hund: The Augustana Jubilee of 1830 in the context of church politics, theology and church life . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-647-10147-7 , p. 308, footnote 104 ( google.de [accessed September 26, 2017]).