Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Himly

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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Himly (born September 29, 1769 in Braunschweig ; † October 4, 1831 ibid) was a Prussian civil servant and first private lecturer in education at Berlin University .

Life

Himly was born as the son of the secret cabinet secretary Himly at the Brunswick court and was the older brother of the ophthalmologist Karl Gustav Himly (1772-1837).

He attended the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig and then began studying at the University of Helmstedt . From 1789 he studied in Göttingen at the law faculty. In 1793 the young man of good repute received a position as legation secretary at the Prussian ambassador in Cologne, Christian Wilhelm von Dohm . When he was transferred to Halberstadt in 1795 , he followed him and married Luise Christiane Wilhelmine Ahrens (1771–1820), great niece of Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim , in 1799 . Presumably he came into contact with the thoughts of the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzis in the Gleims house. Letters to Gleim have survived from the years 1796 to 1802, mostly on the occasion of the birthday. In 1800 he was transferred to Berlin , where he soon found an apartment at 115 Leipziger Strasse. From then on he worked in the Secret Cabinet Ministry of Prussia - a preliminary form of the Foreign Ministry. He spent his free time studying educational writings and records - "educational diaries" - for the development of his daughter. From 1809 he was entrusted with the censorship of all political newspapers and books that appeared in Berlin. During this time he also joined the Lawless Society in Berlin , of which he was a member until around 1817. From 1811 to 1817 he was also a member of the Monday Club in Berlin. In 1813 the State Chancellery did not agree to the non-censorship of the leaflet "On Political Reformation to Germany's Princes" and removed him from his office. This bothered him for a short time, but in the same year he was able to work on the government commission. In 1815 he rose to the position of secret secretary of the legation and in 1817 went to Frankfurt am Main with Count von der Goltz as counselor to the Foreign Minister , where he was appointed Minister- Resident. In 1825 he retired at the age of 56 for unknown reasons. He died on October 4, 1831 in his hometown.

Teaching

From 1810 Himly belonged to the faculty of the Berlin University. The first printed course catalog from 1811 proves his teaching activities. Up until the winter of 1816/1817 he gave a total of twelve lectures, mostly weekly, one hour and public. The contents of the lectures have not survived, but several writings and statements from this time. In 1811 he was easily qualified as a Dr. phil. doctorates because all teachers should be honored with the highest academic dignity. Himly tried to develop pedagogy independently of philosophy or theology. In particular, his writings on Pestalozzi's teachings - with whom he was friends until 1809 - received wide attention. This was also shown in the friendship with Johann Ernst Plamann , the founder of the Plamann educational institution in Berlin. Plamann wanted to train educators according to Pestalozzi's teaching, but according to Niederer's principles, following a 'new Pestalozzianis'. Himly, however, took a traditional line. Overall, Himly was less concerned with building theories than with practical use and the application of pedagogical teaching.

Himly's educational work remained relatively inconsequential and unknown. If one regards his life as a 'case', however, typical problems become apparent in connection with the examination of Pestalozzi's teachings: For example, the question of how suitable teachers can be found in the founding and development phase of the university or the question of the importance of theory for an academic subject that is establishing itself in the field of tension between different target groups and their respective commercial interests.

Awards

Fonts

  • Inquiry regarding the generation of terms in the deaf and dumb , in: Berliner Monatsschriften, August 1802, pp. 133-134
  • Attempt to introduce the principles of Pestalozzian elementary instruction: along with appendices: on Olivier's reading and spelling teaching method , Haude: Berlin, 1803
  • Contribution to closer agreement on the Pestalozzian method , 1804
  • Discussion of Gall's attempt at continuing the theory of the brain, based on its psychological content , N. Societät-Buch- und Kunsthandlung, Halle, 1806
  • Gall and Lavater. Contribution to the comparative appraisal of the new and old physiognomics , Friedrich Braunes, Berlin 1808
  • Discussion of the more recent situation of the Pestalozzian method in general, and of the general plan of an absolute elementary formation developing in it in particular: together with some treatises on related subjects , Hitzig, 1810
  • What has always been regarded as an education that has been achieved? and how would everyone like to be brought up? , Wagner, 1813
  • On the darkening of the whole upbringing , Wagner, 1814
  • Educational communications. A magazine, ed. by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Himly. There were only two editions.

literature

  • Heidemarie Kemnitz: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Himly. A Pestalozzian as the first private lecturer for education at the Berlin University , in: Klaus-Peter Horn / Heidemarie Kemnitz: Pedagogy Unter den Linden. From the founding of the Berlin University in 1810 to the end of the 20th century , Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2002, pages 19–36 ISBN 3-515-07760-X
  • August Israel: Pestalozzi bibliography : Pestalozzi's writings and letters according to the chronological order; Writings and essays about him according to content and chronological order , A. Hofmann, 1904 (p. 10)
  • Medicinal writer's lexicon
  • New necrology of the Germans, Lemma Johann Friedr. Wilh. Himly, Volume 9, 1831, 865-869
  • Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the now living German writers , 5th edition, Lemgo 1796–1834 (23 vols.)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolph Carl Peter Callisen: Medicinisches Writer Lexicon of the now living physicians, surgeons, obstetricians, pharmacists and naturalists of all educated nations , 8th volume Ha-Hir, Copenhagen 1831, column 520 f.
  2. ↑ Jürgen Behrens (ed.), Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg: Briefe (Kieler Studien zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte, Volume 5), Wachholtz, Kiel 1966, p. 563 gives the marriage year 1798 as the only source.
  3. ↑ Gerlinde Wappler: Gleim's life and his relationships with famous contemporaries in data (publications of the Gleimhaus), Halberstadt 1988, page 18
  4. ↑ Letter collection of the Gleimhaus ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 16, 2009  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gleimhaus.de
  5. ^ Matthias Hahn: Statistical information on the architecture and sociology of the owners and residents of the houses in Leipziger Strasse in Berlin in the years 1785–1815. A commented collection of sources and material  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences: Berliner Klassik, published electronically in 2003, accessed on October 16, 2009 with reference to the Königl's address calendar. Prussian capitals and residence cities Berlin and Potsdam , Berlin 1801 ff.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.berliner-klassik.de  
  6. ↑ Die Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin , own presentation of the chronicle, accessed on October 16, 2009
  7. ↑ The Monday Club in Berlin 1749-1899: u fixed. Commemorative publication for his 150th annual celebration / (Ed .: G (ustav) A (dolf) Sachse and Eduard Droop). Berlin: J. Sittenfeld, 1899, No. 112, pp. 128-129
  8. ↑ GStA PK, HA III, Abt. I, No. 8927 Prussian censorship issues, Volume 1 Nov 1812 – Sep 1813, Bl. 103–110
  9. ^ Heidemarie Kemnitz: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Himly. A Pestalozzian as the first private lecturer for education at the Berlin University , in: Klaus-Peter Horn / Heidemarie Kemnitz: Pedagogy Unter den Linden. From the founding of the Berlin University in 1810 to the end of the 20th century , Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-515-07760-X , p. 27. The topics of the individual lectures can also be found there.
  10. ^ Heidemarie Kemnitz: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Himly. A Pestalozzian as the first private lecturer for education at the Berlin University , in: Klaus-Peter Horn / Heidemarie Kemnitz: Pedagogy Unter den Linden. From the founding of the Berlin University in 1810 to the end of the 20th century , Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-515-07760-X , p. 25
  11. ^ Heidemarie Kemnitz: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Himly. A Pestalozzian as the first private lecturer for education at the Berlin University , in: Klaus-Peter Horn / Heidemarie Kemnitz: Pedagogy Unter den Linden. From the founding of the Berlin University in 1810 to the end of the 20th century , Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-515-07760-X , p. 33
  12. ↑ Review by Karl Walk (pdf; 304 kB) , in: Jenaische Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung, No. 100/26. April 1804, column 169 f., Accessed October 16, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Himly, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1831
Place of death Braunschweig