Johann Gottfried Stallbaum
Johann Gottfried Stallbaum ( Latin : Godofredus Stallbaumius ; born September 25, 1793 in Zaasch bei Delitzsch , † January 24, 1861 in Leipzig ) was a German philologist and rector of the St. Thomas School in Leipzig .
Life
He was born in 1793 as the son of a farming family in Zaasch (today part of Neukyhna ). He received his first lessons in the village school and from a private scholar . From 1808 to 1815 he studied at the Thomas School in Leipzig under Friedrich Wilhelm Ehrenfried Rost .
From 1815 to 1818 he studied classical philology and Protestant theology at the University of Leipzig . During this time he was supported by Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann , Friedrich August Wilhelm Spohn and Christian Daniel Beck . He later received his doctorate as Dr. phil.
In 1818 he was appointed as a teacher at the Francke Foundations in Halle. Here he laid the foundation for his later fame as the explainer of Plato . His talent was encouraged again, this time by August Hermann Niemeyer . Stallbaum was associated with the Thomas School from 1820 until his death, where he worked from 1832 to 1835 as vice rector and from 1835 as rector .
He was known for his free speech in Latin and German. Finally , he completed his habilitation on the subject of diatribe in Platoni's Politicum and was appointed associate professor for classical philology at Leipzig University in 1840 . He gave lectures on Aristophanes , Horace and Plato.
Stallbaum was awarded the Knight's Cross First Class of the Saxon Order of Albrecht .
Appreciation
The Stallbaum Street , a residential street in Gohlis was named in 1900 after him.
Works (selection)
- Platonis Meno , Leipzig 1827.
- Platonis opera omnia , Gotha 1827-60.
- The Thomas School in Leipzig , Leipzig 1838.
- The Thomas School in Leipzig after the gradual development of its conditions, especially its teaching system , Leipzig 1839.
- About the inner connection between the musical education of young people and the general purposes of the grammar school , Leipzig 1842.
photos
Gustav Adolph Hennig : G. Stallbaum, Rector of the Thomas School, 1854, oil on canvas, Leipzig City History Museum
Daniel Caffé : Rector of the Stallbaum School of St. Thomas with his wife, around 1810, pastel in frame, Leipzig City History Museum
literature
- Richard Hoche : Stallbaum, Johann Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 422 f.
- Albert Brause: Johann Gottfried Stallbaum. A contribution to the history of the Thomas School in the first half of the 19th century . Leipzig 1897.
Web links
- Overview of the courses held by Johann Gottfried Stallbaum at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1841 to winter semester 1860)
- Johann Gottfried Stallbaum in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Sachse, Karl Ramshorn, Reinhart Herz: The teachers of the Thomasschule in Leipzig 1832-1912. The high school graduates of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1845–1912 . BG Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1912, p. 13.
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SURNAME | Stallbaum, Johann Gottfried |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist and rector of the Thomas School |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1793 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zaasch at Delitzsch |
DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1861 |
Place of death | Leipzig |