Johann Christian Wilhelm Augusti

Johann Christian Wilhelm Augusti (born October 27, 1771 in Eschenbergen , † April 28, 1841 in Koblenz ) was a German Protestant theologian , Christian archaeologist and orientalist .

Life

As the son of pastor Ernst Friedrich Anton Augusti (1738-1827) and grandson of Rabbi Josua Ben Abraham Eschel or Herschel, who later converted to Christianity, Augusti attended the Illustre grammar school in Gotha. From 1790 he studied at the University of Jena . He completed his habilitation in 1798 and was appointed private lecturer at the same university . Since 1800 a. o. Professor of Philosophy , Augusti became o. Professor of Oriental Languages ​​in 1803 . In 1808 he received his doctorate in theology from the University of Rinteln . In 1812 he went to the new Silesian Friedrich Wilhelm University in Breslau as a theology professor , and immediately became its rector in 1812/13 and 1813/14.

In 1819 he moved to the chair of theology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , where he again worked as rector in 1818/19 and again in 1823/24. In 1828 he was appointed senior consistorial councilor and in 1835 consistorial director . On January 16, 1823, Friedrich Wilhelm III was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd class. to Augusti.

His estate was transferred to the Bonn City Archives in 1971 by Paul Augusti, the last direct descendant. There were a total of 40 documents. In 2012, six more letters from Augusti to his wife Ernestine Elisabeth Charlotte, including a solicitor's letter, were purchased.

See also : List of Rectors of the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Breslau

Works

• Translation and explanation of individual parts of the Koran (1798)
• Exegetical handbook of the AT (1797 to 1800)
• Edition of the Apocrypha of OT (1804)
• Outline of a historical-critical introduction to the OT (1806)
• Memories from Christian Archeology (1817 to 1831, twelve volumes)
• Critique of the new Prussian church agendas (Bonn 1824)
• More detailed explanation of the law of majesty (Bonn 1825)
• Corpus librorum symbolicorum, qui in ecclesia reformatorum auctoritatem publicam obtinuerunt (1827)
• Comments on the new organization of the Protestant Church of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (1833)
• Historical introduction to the two main catechisms of the Protestant Church (1834)
• Handbook of Christian Archeology. Dyk, Leipzig 1836–1837 ( digitized, vol. 1 ; vol. 2 ; vol. 3 ).

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Augusti, Johann Christian Wilhelm. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 271.
• Felix Haase : Festschrift for the centenary of the University of Breslau. The literary activity of the Breslau theological faculties from 1811 to 1911. Goerlich & Coch, Breslau 1911
• Friedrich August Nitzsch :  Augusti, Johann Christian Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 685 f.
• Otto Ritschl : The Protestant theological faculty in Bonn in the first century of its history 1819-1919. Bonn 1919
• Heinz-Horst Schrey:  Augusti, Johann Christian Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 453 ( digitized version ).
• Martin Teubner: Johann Augusti , in: Stefan Heid, Martin Dennert (Hg.): Personal Lexicon for Christian Archeology. Researchers and personalities from the 16th to the 21st century . Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2620-0 , vol. 1, p. 98 f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich August Nitzsch :  Augusti, Johann Christian Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 685 f.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Rector's speeches (HKM)
3. ^ City Archives and City History Library Bonn. Retrieved February 9, 2014.