Johann Georg Albert Duncker

Johann Georg Albert Duncker (born December 27, 1843 in Hanau , † July 27, 1886 in Kassel ) was a German teacher and librarian .

Life

Albert Duncker attended high school in Hanau from 1852 to 1862, followed by studies of classical philology and history in Marburg and Leipzig . In 1866 he passed the grammar school teacher examination in Marburg and took a position at the grammar school in Hanau. In 1868 he received his doctorate in Marburg. He gave private lessons, published some essays, lectured and got involved in political life by fighting against social democracy. In 1876 he took over the management of the Main and Kinzigbote , a national weekly paper. During his time as a high school teacher, he was also responsible for managing the school library. In 1871 he married Leonore, b. Wagner, who died a year later after giving birth to a daughter. In 1877 Duncker married a second time: Toni, geb. Kraus. In 1878 he moved to the Realgymnasium in Wiesbaden . Here, too, he was historically active.

In April 1880, Duncker switched to library service as the second librarian at the state library in Kassel . In November 1881 he became the first librarian and thus head of the state library. Duncker had two display desks with a selection of rare manuscripts and printed matter and two marble busts by the brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm set up. To raise the cost of making the busts, Duncker gave three public lectures. Above all, however, he succeeded in expanding the library space, which above all made it possible to set up a reading room. In 1886 Duncker received the title of senior librarian.

Fonts

• Claudius Gothicus. A contribution to the Roman imperial history , Hanau: Orphanage 1868 (Dissertation Marburg 1868).
• The first dismissal of Baron von Stein and his reappointment to the Prussian Ministry after the Tilsit Peace: Speech ... March 22nd, 1872 in ... Königl. High school. held at Hanau , Janau 1872.
• The Freiherr vom Stein and the German question at the Vienna Congress , Hanau: Self-published by the Hanau District Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies 1873 (communications from the Hanau District Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies; 4).
• Friedrich Rückert as a professor at the Hanau grammar school. An episode from the poet's years of traveling , Hanau: Selbstverl. of the Hanau District Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies 1874.
• Brief history of the library of the grammar school and index of the old prints of the same up to the middle of the 16th century , Hanau 1877.
• From the days of an extinct regent house in its former residence: Hessian news from old and new times , Hanover: Meyer 1878.
• Historical-archaeological analects from the Roman emperors: 1. Two new Juppiter statues from the Rhineland; 2. On the Alemannic War of Caracallos and the alleged Alemannic battle of Claudius Gothiens; To celebrate the 100th anniversary of d. Opening of the Frideric Museum. z. Kassel on May 23, 1879 , Wiesbaden 1879.
• Contributions to the research and history of the pile ditch (Limes imperii Romani Transrhenanus) in the lower Main area and the Wetterau , Kassel: Freyschmidt 1879.
• Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hesse, known as the Wise, and the establishment of the Kassel library in 1580 , Kassel: Fischer 1881.
• (Ed.): Johann Winckelmann's memorial: an uncrowned award book by Johann Gottfried Herders from 1778 , Kassel: Kay 1882.
• The Grimmelshausen a Thuringian noble family , [Berlin]: [Weidmann] [1882].
• The Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies in the first fifty years of its existence: 1834–1884; Festschrift to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation on August 16, 1884, Kassel: Freyschmidt 1884 ( Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies Supplement NF 10).
• The Brothers Grimm , Kassel: Hühn 1884.
• (Ed.): Letters to Karl Freiherrn von der Malsburg and members of his family , Berlin: Paetel 1885.
• The acquisition of the Palatinate court library by the Landgraves of Hessen-Kassel in 1686 . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , Vol. 2, 1885, 6, pp. 213–225 ( digitized version ).
• From the youth of the Brothers Grimm . In: Deutsche Rundschau 1885.
• History of Chatten [Fragment of a history of the former Electorate of Hesse] [From the literary estate ... ed. by Georg Wolff] , Kassel: Döll [1888].

literature

• Eduard Lohmeyer: Johann Georg Albert Duncker. Obituary . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen Vol. 3, 1886, pp. 524–533 (with list of publications, digitized version ).

Web links

• Duncker, Albert .  Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
• Works by and about Johann Georg Albert Duncker  in the German Digital Library