Johann Friedrich August Volborth
Johann Friedrich August Volborth even Friedrich (from) Volborth (russ. Иоганн Фридрих Август Фольборт) (born May 25, jul. / 5. June 1768 greg. In Nordhausen am Harz , † August 17 jul. / 29. August 1840 greg . in St. Petersburg ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman who worked in Russia .
Life
Volborth was the son of the respected businessman Johann Christian Volborth in Nordhausen. He studied Protestant theology at the University of Jena . After his exams he worked as a private tutor in the Baltic States . In 1797 he was ordained and went to Mogilev (now Mahiljou in Belarus ) as a pastor , where he worked until 1805. He then held office in New Saratovka near St. Petersburg for five years .
In 1811 the Imperial University of Dorpat was awarded an honorary Dr. theol. PhD. At that time he was court preacher to the governor, Prince Georg von Oldenburg in Tver . From 1813 he worked as a pastor of the Saint Petri Church (Saint Petersburg) , the largest Lutheran church in Russia. He gave up this office on September 24, 1839.
With the entry into force of the new constitution of the Lutheran Church in the Russian Empire, which Volborth had worked with since 1828, he became clergyman vice-president of the Evangelical Lutheran General Consistory in St. Petersburg in 1832 . He remained in this office until his death in 1840. This made him the leading clergyman of the Lutheran Church in the Russian Empire . His successor was Friedrich Nikolaus von Pauffler .
His son Alexander von Volborth (1800–1876), who became known as the paleontologist and namesake of the mineral Volborthite , was born in Mogilev .
Awards
- Order of St. Vladimir , 4th Class Associated with Russian Hereditary Nobility (April 22, 1824)
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Russian Order of Saint Anne
- 2nd class (1828)
- 2nd class with the crown (1831)
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Order of Saint Stanislaus
- 2nd class (1835)
- 1st class (March 31, 1838)
Web links
- Entry in the Erik Amburger database
Individual evidence
- ^ First names according to the Erik Amburger database
- ↑ Communications and news for the evangelical clergy of Russia [hereafter] the evangelical church in Russia , ed. by CC Ulmann, 1841, p. 84.
- ↑ Communications and news for the evangelical clergy of Russia. 3 (1841), p. 84 digitized
- ↑ St. Petersburgische Zeitung 1838, p. 397
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volborth, Johann Friedrich August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Фольборт, Иоганн Фридрих Август; Volborth, Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordhausen am Harz |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1840 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |