Johann Friedrich von Recke

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Johann Friedrich von Recke

Johann Friedrich von Recke (born August 1, 1764 in Mitau ; † September 13, 1846 ibid) was a Baltic German archaeologist, literary historian and collector.

Life

Johann Friedrich von Recke was the son of the Mitau merchant and mayor Johann Reck. He attended the Great City School (1774–1779) and the Academia Petrina (1779–1781) in Mitau. In 1781 he began to study law, history, archeology and philosophy at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . In 1781 he became a member of the influential Göttingen student order "ZN" at about the same time as Piter Poel ; Piter Poel mentions him in his memoirs. After a stay in Paris, he returned to Mitau in 1785.

Supported by Duke Peter von Kurland , he had worked for the archives and feudal secretary since 1787; the following year the duke gave him this office. Subsequently, from 1796 to 1801, he was secretary of the Courland government administration , then, from 1801 to 1826, councilor of the Courland Chamber of Commerce, from 1816 with the title of a councilor. In 1823 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . In 1824 he became a member of the Russian State Council and was awarded the Order of Vladimir 4th class . In 1824 and 1825 Recke served as deputy lieutenant governor. In 1826 he was dismissed from the civil service for embezzling a subordinate employee, but after a few years he was rehabilitated and retired.

This gave him the freedom to publish the General Lexicon of Writers and Scholars of the Provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland from 1827 together with Karl Eduard von Napiersky . He was a co-founder of the Courland Society for Literature and Art as well as the Courland Provincial Museum and published the magazine weekly entertainments for lovers of German reading in Russia , which appeared from 1805 to 1807 .

Memberships and honors

  • Recke was an honorary member of numerous scientific societies and associations throughout Europe.
  • Honorary citizen of the city of Mitau
  • Honorary doctorate from the University of Göttingen

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ingrid Bigler-Marschall: Art. Recke, Johann Friedrich von . In: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon , 3rd edition, Vol. 12: Plachetka - Rilke . de Gruyter, Berlin 1990.
  2. ↑ Gustav Poel (Ed.): Pictures from bygone times. Part 1: Pictures from Piter Poels and his friends' lives. 1760-1787. 1884, p. 300 and 331: Recke .
  3. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 197.
  4. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Johann Friedrich von Recke. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
personal data
SURNAME Recke, Johann Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reck, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baltic German archeologist and collector
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitau
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1846
Place of death Mitau