Johann Christoph Held
Johann Christoph Held , from 1864 Ritter von Held , (also Johann (es) C. Held and Johann Christoph von Held ; * December 21, 1791 in Nuremberg , † March 21, 1873 in Bayreuth ) was a German classical philologist and pedagogue .
Life
Held came from a Nuremberg civil servant family. He completed elementary and Latin school in Nuremberg before he was admitted to the Nuremberg high school in 1799 . He graduated there with distinction, for which he was awarded a silver medal. From 1809 to 1811 he studied philology at the University of Heidelberg , then moved to the University of Erlangen , where he initially remained until 1812. Here he became a member of the Corps Franconia. In 1812 he began studying at the University of Leipzig , but returned to the University of Erlangen due to the wars of liberation raging around Leipzig . He passed the philological exam at the end of 1813 before the five-person royal examination committee in Nuremberg, which included Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Ludwig Heller , among others .
Held went to Munich after passing his exam. There he accepted a position as court master in the house of General Karl Friedrich August von Seydewitz . There he probably taught the son Max Graf von Seydewitz . In Munich he met the reform pedagogue Friedrich Thiersch , who was to influence him. He was also able to use the library at Thiersch and to write the work Annotationes in Plutarchi vitam Alexandri M. , which appeared in Thiersch's Acta Philologorum Monacensium in 1815 and 1816 . This work was accepted as a dissertation by the University of Erlangen in 1814 and made a Dr. phil. PhD . After half a year he left Munich again and became a private teacher for various families in Nuremberg.
Held received the April 15, 1815 a call for a professorship for the middle classes to the Royal Bavarian Study Institute (now the High School Christian-Ernestinum ) in Bayreuth . In 1835 he was appointed its rector , and in 1867 he retired . After the discipline and quality of the school had suffered under the rector Johann Friedrich Degen , Held comprehensively reformed the school and transformed it into a model school of its time. He received many acknowledgments for his services.
From 1901 to 1944, the Heldstrasse in Bayreuth was named after him.
Honors
- 1851 Order of Merit from Saint Michael
- May 25, 1860 Title Schulrat
- August 3, 1864 Knight of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown ( ennoblement )
- May 25, 1865 Cross of Honor of the Order of Ludwig
Works (selection)
- Caii Julii Caesari's Commentarii de bello civili. Sulzbach 1822.
- Letters from Paris written in September, October, November 1830. Sulzbach 1831.
- Plutarchi Vitae Aemilii Pauli et Timoleontis. Sulzbach 1832.
- Platonis dialogi selecti in usum scholarum. 4 volumes, Sulzbach 1838–1846.
- Lexical Exercises on Cicero's Books on Duties . Bayreuth 1858.
literature
- Hans-Michael Körner : Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. De Gruyter Saur, Berlin 2005, p. 812.
- Karl Bosl : Bosl's Bavarian biography. 8000 personalities from 15 centuries. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-1162-8 , p. 327 f.
- H .: Held, Johann Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 680 f.
- Karl Fries : Dr. Johann Christoph von Held. A picture of life. 3 parts, Bayreuth 1874–1876.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Meyer-Camberg: Franconia III to Erlangen 1810-1831 . In: then and now. Yearbook of the Association for Corporate Student History Research 28 (1983), p. 15.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hero, Johann Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Held, Johann Christoph Ritter von (full name); Held, Johann Christoph von; Held, Johannes C .; Held, Johann C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist and pedagogue |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1873 |
| Place of death | Bayreuth |