Johann Georg Hager

Johann Georg Hager (born March 24, 1709 in Oberkotzau , † October 17, 1777 in Oederan ) was a German educator and geographer .

Life

After helping out on his father's farm and going to school in winter, he was sent to Hof's Albertinum grammar school at the age of twelve . When he graduated from high school in 1730, he went to Leipzig University on a scholarship . He studied in all faculties and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . He became a member of the Leipzig Society of Freyen Arts and Sciences and in September 1740 was granted permission to hold lectures as a private lecturer at the university.

After Hager had refused a call to the Vice Rector in Zeitz , he became Rector of the Latin School in Chemnitz in 1741 . He held the office until his death, which overtook him on a trip to his daughter in Oederan.

Hager was an honorary member of the Imperial French Academy in Augsburg and the Latin Society in Jena .

Works (selection)

• Jacobi Sinceri letter to a good friend about Nic's biography exposed to CFH . Hieron. Gundlings , Hamburg and Breslau 1737.
• Detailed geography . Chemnitz 1746-1747.
  • First part. From the globes u. Europe in general, from Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy in particular. , 1746.
  • Second part. From Austria, Bavaria, Franconia, Swabia, Lower Rhine, Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Upper Saxony and Bohemia , 1747.
  • Third part. From Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Prussia, Pohlen, Hungary, the European Turkey, Russia, Asia, Africa, America, and from the unknown countries , 1747.
• Small picture Bible, in which the noblest religious doctrines and life obligations of the tender youth are recited , 2 volumes, Leipzig 1749.
• Small geography for beginners , Chemnitz 1755.
• Established advantages of the public schools for the house and corner schools , Chemnitz 1763.
• Geographical book room, opened for use and pleasure , Stössel, Chemnitz 1764–1775.

literature

• Friedrich Ratzel :  Hager, Johann Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 353 f.
• Clemens Alois Baader : A - L Lexicon of deceased Bavarian writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , Jenisch and Stage, Augsburg 1824, p. 221 ff.
• Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died between 1750 and 1800 , Volume 5, Fleischer, Leipzig 1804, p. 57 ff.

Web links

• Works by and about Johann Georg Hager  in the German Digital Library