Johann Heinrich Bremi

Johann Heinrich Bremi (born December 4, 1772 in Zurich ; † March 10, 1837 there ) was a Swiss classical philologist .

Johann Heinrich Bremi was initially supposed to become a clergyman, but under the influence of Johann Jakob Hottinger he turned to the ancient languages. In 1793 he spent a year at the University of Halle , to where Friedrich August Wolf heard. Soon after his return, Bremi became an adjunct at the Latin school in Zurich. In 1800 he became professor of theology at the Carolinum in Zurich . He taught catechetics at both the upper and lower collegium, the latter . However, Bremi resigned his second teaching assignment in 1809 in favor of a teaching assignment for ancient Greek at the school of scholars. Bremi, who was also a canon in Zurich, worked as an editor of ancient texts and a translator into German for the dissemination of the texts. Texts by Cornelius Nepos , Suetonius and Aeschines deserve special mention here. Bremi's Nepos comment was particularly lasting. With Johann Caspar von Orelli and Conrad Melchior Hirzel , he founded a Greek association in Zurich, which was committed to the philhellenic idea. The association was extremely active and had extensive contacts. In addition, the patriotic Bremi was a member of the Education Council established in Zurich in the course of the revolution in 1798. Since 1829 he could no longer speak after a stroke. Bremi used his considerable fortune for charitable purposes in his city.

Bremi was married to Anna Regula (* 1769 in Zurich; † 1816), a daughter of the Zurich antist Johann Rudolf Ulrich .

Fonts (selection)

Suetonius : C. Suetonii Tranquilli Vitae XII Imperatorum , Ziegler, Zurich 1800
Cornelius Nepos : De vita excellentium imperatorum , Ziegler, Zurich 1820 ( digitized with Google Book Search )

literature

Karl Felix Halm : Bremi, Johann Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 305.
Ueli Dill : Bremi, Johann Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Publications by and about Johann Heinrich Bremi in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
Literature by and about Johann Heinrich Bremi in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Friedgar Löbker: Ancient Topoi in the German Philhellenic literature. Studies on the reception of antiquity during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) . Oldenbourg, Munich 2000, p. 102, note 229 ( excerpt from Google Book Search ).

personal data
SURNAME	Bremi, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 4, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich
DATE OF DEATH	March 10, 1837
Place of death	Zurich

[1] Friedgar Löbker: Ancient Topoi in the German Philhellenic literature. Studies on the reception of antiquity during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) . Oldenbourg, Munich 2000, p. 102, note 229 ( excerpt from Google Book Search ).