Johann Erichson (aesthetician)

Johann Erichson in 1836

Johann Erichson (born September 1777 in Stralsund ; † December 16, 1856 in Greifswald ) was a German theologian and professor of aesthetics .

Life

Erichson attended from 1783 to 1795 the school Stralsund in the former St. Catherine's Monastery and studied from 1795 to 1798 in Jena and 1799 in Greifswald theology . In 1800 he received his doctorate . However, his interest was increasingly in philosophy and aesthetics .

In 1804 he was examined as a candidate in theology and received his doctorate in philosophy. After stays in Berlin and Dresden , Erichson went to Vienna in 1805 , where he devoted himself to philosophical and aesthetic studies until 1814. Here he met Ludwig van Beethoven , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Karl August Varnhagen von Ense ; the latter repeatedly confirmed that he had a “fine taste” and a “sharp judgment”. With the Greek wreath of flowers , Erichson published a selection of translations of the lyrical posia of the Greeks and the magazine Neue Thalia .

In 1814 he returned to Greifswald and became an adjunct in the philosophical faculty for German style, Latinism and aesthetics. In 1822 he received an extraordinary professorship and in 1830 a full professorship at the University of Greifswald . Here he published the journal Academic Archive .

Works

Dissertatio Theologico-Moralis Ambitum Officii: Omnia Fieri Debere in Honorem Dei. Gryphiae: Eckhardt 1800
Greek floral wreath . 1810.
New Thalia . 1811.
Academic archive . 1817.

literature

Adolf Häckermann : Erichson, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 214.
Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 2576 .

Web links

Literature about Johann Erichson in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

↑ Jakob Wallenius (President), Johann Erichson (Respondent): Dissertatio Theologico-Moralis, Ambitum Officii. Omnia Fieri Debere In Honorem Dei, Explanans. Eckhardt, Gryphiae 1800 ( digitized version )
↑ According to ADB (Lit.)

predecessor	Office	successor
Philipp Magnus Seifert	Rector of the University of Greifswald 1843	Friedrich Ludwig Huenefeld

personal data
SURNAME	Erichson, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian and professor of aesthetics
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH	December 16, 1856
Place of death	Greifswald

[1] Jakob Wallenius (President), Johann Erichson (Respondent): Dissertatio Theologico-Moralis, Ambitum Officii. Omnia Fieri Debere In Honorem Dei, Explanans. Eckhardt, Gryphiae 1800 ( digitized version )

[2] According to ADB (Lit.)