Johann Georg Purmann

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Johann Georg Purmann (born January 1, 1733 in Königsberg in Bavaria ; † December 11, 1813 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German educator and long-time director of the municipal high school in Frankfurt am Main.

Life

Purmann was the son of Johann Sebastian Purmann, a council relative in Königsberg, and his wife Barbara. He received his first lessons at the municipal school in his hometown. From 1750 he was able to visit the Casimirianum Coburg on a scholarship and later the University of Altdorf , where he studied Protestant theology and classical philology . In 1756 he came to the Lutheran Latin School in Hanau as rector . In 1759 he married Susanne Dorothea Barbara Körber there, a daughter of the Lutheran inspector Johann Jakob Körber.

In 1760 the City Council of Frankfurt am Main appointed him deputy principal at the municipal grammar school, where he became an adjunct in 1766. On May 7, 1770 he succeeded the rector Johann Georg Albrecht . He ran the high school for nearly 36 years and earned respect as a scholar, Latin speaker, and educator. His students included the classical philologist Philipp Buttmann and the theologian Johann Philipp Gabler .

Works

During his tenure, Purmann wrote 119 school programs in Latin and German and numerous academic papers. From the second volume he wrote articles for the German Encyclopedia on criticism, all philological and aesthetic sciences, Hebrew antiquities and newer Jewish customs. The four volumes with numerous copperplate engravings are also attributed to him, Customs and Opinions of the Wild in America (Vienna 1790).

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personal data
SURNAME Purmann, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg in Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1813
Place of death Frankfurt am Main