Johann Georg Theodor Grasse

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Honor plaque for Johann Georg Theodor Grasse in the St. Augustin Grimma high school (in the passage of the main portal)

Johann Georg Theodor Grasse (also Johann Graesse , also Grässer; born January 31, 1814 in Grimma , † August 27, 1885 in Niederlößnitz ) was a German bibliographer , legend researcher and literary historian .

Life

Johann Georg Theodor Grasse was the son of the German pedagogue Johann Gottlob Grasse (1769–1827). After attending the Princely School in Grimma , he studied philology as well as philosophy and archeology at the University of Leipzig from 1833 under Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann , where he received his doctorate in 1834 . Then Grasse went to the University of Halle and continued his literary studies .

In 1837 Grasse began work on a large-scale literary history, the four-volume textbook of a general literary history of all known peoples of the world , which was to encompass the history of poetry as well as specialist literature from all scientific and artistic disciplines. After the failure of his habilitation plans , he settled in Dresden , where he became a teacher of French language and literature at the Kreuzschule in 1838 .

In 1842 Grasse submitted a German translation of the Gesta Romanorum , followed by an edition of the Legenda aurea in 1843–1846 .

Because of his knowledge of languages ​​and literature, he was appointed private librarian to the Saxon King Friedrich August II in 1843 until his death in 1854. In the same year the Bibliotheca magica et pneumatica appeared , a bibliography on publications on magic , miracles and superstitions , taking into account witch and devil literature .

In 1848 he was appointed inspector (from 1877 director) of the Dresden Coin Cabinet .

In 1855 one of his main works in the field of legends was The Treasure of Legends of the Kingdom of Saxony with around 1000 legends. In 1861 he was appointed director of the Dresden Porcelain Collection and, in 1864, until his retirement in 1882, he was appointed director of the Green Vault .

In 1868/1871 the saga of the Prussian state appeared with 2206 sagas, evidence of older literary sources, some with the indication Oral .

Grasse owned Wackerbarth Castle in Niederlößnitz, where he died three years after he retired on August 27, 1885.

Fonts (selection)

  • Gesta Romanorum . 2 vol., Dresden 1842
  • Textbook of a general literary history of all known peoples of the world (Leipzig 1837–1860, 4 vols. In 13 sections): a rare document of German collector's diligence due to the abundance of bibliographical evidence and the mass of material collected. He published an excerpt from it with a clear presentation and corrective revision as a manual of the general history of literature (Dresden 1844–50, 4 vols.).
  • Bibliotheca magica (Leipzig 1843)
  • Bibliotheca psychologica (Leipzig 1845)
  • Legenda aurea by Jacobus de Voragine (Leipzig 1846)
  • The legend of the knight Tannhäuser (Leipzig 1846; 2nd edition under the title: Der Tannhäuser and Ewige Jude , 1861)
  • Guide to the general history of literature , Leipzig 1854.
  • Sagenschatz des Kingdom of Saxony (das. 1855, 2nd edition. 1874, new edition published by Joachim Jahns, 3 vols., Dingsda-Verlag, Querfurt 1999, ISBN 3-928498-56-8 , ISBN 3-928498-62-2 and ISBN 3-928498-73-8 )
  • Saxony's princes in pictures with historical explanations . Dresden 1856
  • with Peter Christen Asbjörnsen : North and South. A fairy tale bouquet . Dresden 1858 (Norwegian edition: Eventyr fra Fremdmede Lande . Christiania 1860.)
  • Trésor de livres rares et précieux , Dresden 1859–1869
  • Orbis latinus , directory of the Latin names of the best-known cities etc. Dresden 1861 (digitized editions under: urn : nbn: de: s2w-3093 ), ( e-copy ).
  • Fairy tale world . Moritz Schäfer publishing house. Leipzig 1865
  • Book of legends of the Prussian state . 2 vol., Dresden 1866–71.
  • Descriptive catalog of the royal porcelain collection . Dresden 1874
  • Saxon princes from the House of Wettin (that. 1875)
  • Gender, name and coat of arms sagas of the nobility of the German nation . Dresden 1876 ( digitized version )
  • Descriptive catalog of the Green Vault (5th edition, 1881)

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SURNAME Grasse, Johann Georg Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grässer, Johann Georg Theodor; Graesse, Johann Georg Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bibliographer and literary historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Grimma
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1885
Place of death Niederloessnitz