Johann Heinrich Justus Köppen
Johann Heinrich Justus Köppen (born November 15, 1755 in Hanover ; died November 9, 1791 there ) was a German classical philologist and teacher .
Life
Johann Heinrich Justus Köppen was the son of a Hanoverian businessman. In 1773 he went to the Lyceum in his hometown and from 1776 studied at the University of Göttingen . There he was particularly encouraged by Christian Gottlob Heyne , who recommended him to the pedagogy in Ilefeld three years later . In 1783 Köppen went to the Andreanum grammar school in Hildesheim and in 1791 as a second teacher to the lyceum in the old town of Hanover, where he stayed until his early death.
Köppen is the author of writings for school lessons to understand the ancient classics such as Homer , Horace , Ovid , Sophocles and Plato .
literature
- Friedrich von Schlichtegroll : Nekrolog for the year 1791 . Gotha 1793, Volume 2, pp. 159-177 ( digitized version ).
- Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : Koeppen (Johann Heinrich Just) , in ders .: The learned Hanover or lexicon of writers, learned businessmen and artists who have lived and are still living in and outside of the provinces belonging to the Kingdom of Hanover since the Reformation, compiled from the most credible writers , Volume 2, Carl Schünemann, Bremen 1823, pp. 598-599 ( digitized version ).
- Conrad Bursian : Köppen, Johann Heinrich Justus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 700 f.
Web links
- Köppen, Johann Heinrich Justus in the database of Lower Saxony Persons ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library .
- Consortium of European Research Libraries : Johann Heinrich Justus Koeppen Catalog of Works
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SURNAME | Köppen, Johann Heinrich Justus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koeppen, Johann Heinrich Just |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist and teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1755 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1791 |
Place of death | Hanover |