Johann Gottlieb Kraus
Johann Gottlieb Kraus , also Krause (born March 13, 1684 in Hünern , Principality of Wohlau , † August 13, 1736 in Wittenberg ) was a German historian and rhetorician.
Life
Born as the son of the pedagogue and theologian Johann Georg Kraus, he attended school in Lauban , Großwörbitz and received his education from private teachers. He then attended high school in Breslau , undertook an educational trip through Prussia and enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1705 . There he was accepted by Johann Günther and heard from Gottfried Olearius , Christian Wolff , Caspar Funck and Heinrich Pipping . After holding several disputations, he gave lessons there himself, developing his strength in writing biographies of scholars.
Despite a few setbacks, which resulted in financial bottlenecks, he became the founder of the first scientific newspaper written in German, which he edited from 1715 as "New Newspapers of Scholarly Things" until 1733. After he had acquired the academic degree of a master's degree , he was offered an extraordinary professorship in rhetoric in Leipzig in 1723 . Nevertheless, he wanted to devote himself to his real passion, the historical sciences, and therefore accepted an appointment as extraordinary professor of literary history at the University of Wittenberg in 1727 .
There he was registered as an adjunct at the philosophical faculty on April 26th and, after the death of Jakob Karl Spener , was given a full professorship in history by an electoral resolution on May 16, 1732. After he had been dean of the philosophical faculty in his office , he was also the rector's office of the Wittenberg Academy . He had married Sophie Friedericke (née Ulrich), the widow of D. Michaelis.
Selection of works
- De eruditis sine morbius
- Effectibus Phantasiae in fanaticis
- De Caino non desperante
- D. Johann Günther's firm foundation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, that is the thorough proof from the Epistle to the Romans that such alone is the true Apostolic Church, translated from the Latin, 1709
literature
- Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg . Max Niemeyer , Halle (Saale) 1917
- Heinz Kathe : The Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty 1502–1817 (= Central German Research. Volume 117). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-412-04402-4 .
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : Gelehrten-Lexikon Vol. 3, Sp. 2162
- Christian Siegmund Georgi : Annales Academiae Vitebergensis 1655–1755
- Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel : Historically critical messages from deceased scholars and their writings. Cörnerische Buchhandlung, Köthen 1757, vol. 3, p. 909
- Krause, Johann Gottlieb. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 15, Leipzig 1737, column 1781–1784.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ At the time, scientific texts were mostly written in Latin.
- ^ Johann Gottlieb Krause, Johann Burchard Mencke, after 1732: Friedrich Otto Mencke (ed.): New newspapers from learned things of the year xxx. Leipzig xxx. ( Digitized version of the SUB from the years 1715–1767, 1771–1777 ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraus, Johann Gottlieb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krause, Johann Gottlieb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and rhetorician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1684 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hünern , Duchy of Wohlau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1736 |
| Place of death | Wittenberg |