Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Steckel
Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Steckel (born March 16, 1781 in Wippra , † July 23, 1846 in Bremen ) was a German educator .
biography
Steckel was the youngest child of a tailor. He lost his poor parents early. After a stay in the orphanage of the Francke Foundations in Halle , which had a great influence on him, he studied theology from 1799, then mathematics, natural sciences and new languages at the University of Leipzig . During this time and afterwards, he also taught young Englishmen and was tutor from 1804 to 1814.
He came to Bremen around 1814. He worked as a correspondent for a trading company and then gave private lessons in various subjects as a tutor . In 1822, thanks to the placement of a progressive pastor, he got a job as a teacher and head of the Bremen teachers' college , which had been run by the city since 1821. He was also a pre-school English teacher. He did not succeed in getting a job at the secondary school in Bremen.
Steckel founded the literary-scientific association Euphrosyne around 1830 , which strove for a "moral society" for "mutual training for the real good and the beautiful". (The Charite Euphrosyne was the goddess of grace in Greek mythology .) In addition to Stecker as chairman, four other educators, a doctor and three senior civil servants were involved in the establishment. The company received a legendary reputation far beyond the Hanseatic city. A number of leading men of the educational reforms of the 19th century emerged from their ranks. Only with the fundamental school reforms after the revolutions of 1848 did the breakthrough of the elementary school reform in the sense of Steckel succeed.
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- Andreas Schulz: Guardianship and Protection: Elites and Citizens in Bremen 1750-1880 . Oldenbourg-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-486-56582-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Tidemann: The Euphrosyne Society . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch 29 , pp. 82–114, Bremen 1924.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steckel, Johann Gottlob Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wippra |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1846 |
| Place of death | Bremen |