Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel

Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel (born September 28, 1720 in Koethen , † September 8, 1759 in Wulfen ) was a German Protestant theologian and historian.

Life

The son of the businessman Johann Christian Dunkel graduated from the University of Halle with a degree in philosophy and theology in 1738 , where he acquired the degree of master's degree in philosophical sciences in 1739 . He then became a private tutor in Berlin and wrote several essays on historical and antiquarian topics at that time. In 1744 he became a preacher in Diebzig . He turned down appointments to academic degrees in Moscow and The Hague. In 1748 he became pastor in Wulfen and Drosen. In 1753 his best-known work, Historical-Critical Messages from Deceased Scholars and their Writings, appeared . In addition, the Latin Society in Jena and in the following year the learned society in Augsburg accepted him as a member. He was married on February 11, 1749 to Johanna Elisabeth, the daughter of the head of the excise office in Köthen, Johann Bernhard Nüßler.

Having suffered from hypochondriac seizures, he committed suicide.

Selection of works

• Exercitatio philologica De Iride ejusque emblemate, ad Gen. IX, 12-17. Hall 1739. Digitized
• Historical-critical news from deceased scholars and their writings…. 3 vol., Köthen 1753–1757; Vol. 1, 1753 ( online ); Vol. 2, 1755 ( online ); Vol. 3, 1757 ( online )

literature

• Heinrich Doering : Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel. In: ders .: The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - illustrated after life and work. Vol. 1: A-H. Wagner, Neustadt an der Orla 1831, p. 347 f.
• Hermann Graf: Anhaltisches Pfarrerbuch - The evangelical pastors since the Reformation. Dessau 1996, p. 237.
• Johann Georg Meusel : Dark (Johann Gottlob Wilhelm). In: ders .: Lexicon of the German writers who died between 1750 and 1800. Gerhard Fleischer d. J., Leipzig 1803, Vol. 2, pp. 440-446.