Johann Daniel of Braunschweig

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Johann Daniel von Braunschweig (born August 26, 1786 in Mitau , † December 24, 1857 in Wolmar ) was a German-Baltic pedagogue and writer.

Life

From 1803 Johann Daniel von Braunschweig attended the grammar school in Mitau and from 1805 the University of Dorpat , where he received the prize medal of the theological faculty in December of the same year. In 1806 he went to Göttingen to continue his studies . In 1808/09 he made a trip to Dresden, Silesia and Paris. After his return to Courland (1809) he took several positions as a tutor. In 1815 he became a senior teacher at the high school in Riga , in 1816 director of the Kurland governorate, and in 1817 a senior teacher at the illustrious high school in Mitau. From 1819 he was also deputy governor school director, from 1826 college assessor. In 1830 he became a councilor and later a councilor. In 1837 he resigned as deputy governor's school director. Two years later he lost his job as a senior teacher and temporarily moved to Riga, but then returned to Mitau and finally settled in Wolmar ( Livonia ).

Fonts

  • Pedagogical-linguistic essays , Riga 1811.
  • Ideas for founding Latvian farming schools , Mitau 1821.
  • On the organization of grammar schools according to Christian principles , Leipzig 1825.
  • History of the general political life Life of the peoples in antiquity, first part: The Ethiopian family of peoples. Meroe. Egypt , Hamburg 1830.
  • Outline of a general history of peoples , Leipzig 1833.
  • About the Old American Monuments , Berlin 1840.
  • Writings on agricultural or economic topics:
    • Russia's viticulture. An attempt at a state economy , Riga 1842.
    • The flax cultivation of Russia in its multiple state economic relations , Riga 1842.
    • Our wood question. Viewed from a political standpoint . Riga / Moscow 1843.

reviews

Braunschweig's “general history of the peoples” was judged to be “hardworking and original”, but also “ineffective” and “of a forced artificiality”. The work is ingenious, but not happy.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Johann Friedrich von Recke, Karl Eduard Napiersky: General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . tape 1 . Johann Friedrich Steffenhagen and son, Mitau 1827, p. 241–243 ( limited preview in the Google Book Search, online at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich Digitization Center).
  2. ^ Johannes Daniel von Braunschweig: History of the general political life of the peoples in antiquity . Basically designed for statesmen and businessmen. Friedrich Perthes, Hamburg 1830 ( online in the Internet Archive).
  3. ↑ Johannes Daniel von Braunschweig: Outlines of a general history of the peoples . Basically designed for statesmen and businessmen. August Lehnhold, Leipzig 1833 ( online at the HathiTrust Digital Library, online in the Internet Archive).
  4. ↑ Johann Daniel von Braunschweig: About the old American monuments. With a foreword by Carl Ritter. Georg Reimer, Berlin 1840 ( online at the HathiTrust Digital Library).
  5. ↑ General bibliography for Germany combined with the literary advertisement sheet . Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig October 12, 1843, p.  306 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. ^ Johann Daniel von Braunschweig: Russia's viticulture. An attempt at a political economy. Müllersche Buchdruckerei, Riga 1842 ( online at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek BSB digital).
  7. ↑ a b Jan Carsten Schnurr: World empires and witnesses of truth . Historical images of the Protestant revival movement in Germany 1815-1848 (= Hans Schneider, Christian Bunners, Hans-Jürgen Schrader [Hrsg.]: Works on the history of Pietism . Volume 57 ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-55014-4 , p. 39–42 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Braunschweig, Johann Daniel von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic pedagogue
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitau
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1857
Place of death Wolmar