Johann Heinrich Kalthoff

Johann Heinrich Kalthoff (born February 5, 1803 in Warendorf , † January 11, 1839 in Münster ) was a German Hebrew , educator and university teacher .

Life

Kalthoff first attended the Laurentianum grammar school in Warendorf and then the Paulinum grammar school in Münster. In 1821 he moved to the University of Münster , where he studied theology and philology until 1824 . This was followed by a degree in Oriental Studies at the University of Bonn . In 1829 he received his doctorate there with the dissertation Jus matrimonii Indorum cum eodem Hebraeorum jure subinde comparatum . He went to Paris for further studies with Sylvester de Sacy and Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat . From there he returned to Münster. There he completed his habilitation in the fall of 1830 at the Philosophical Faculty.

In the following years Kalthoff taught oriental languages and oriental antiquity as a private lecturer . He also took up a position as a teacher of the French language at the grammar school he had previously attended, which he also taught at the university. He is said to have enjoyed great popularity as a lecturer and teacher and died surprisingly in office. He left behind his wife and a son.

Works

Jus matrimonii Indorum cum eodem Hebraeorum jure subinde comparatum , Weber, Bonn 1829.
Grammar of the Hebrew language , 1st [and only] part, Manz, Regensburg 1837.
Handbook of Hebrew Antiquities , Theissing, Münster 1840 (posthumously).

literature

Franz Heinrich Reusch : Kalthoff, Johann Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 48.
Dr. Johann Heinrich Kalthoff , in: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , Volume 17, Part 1, 1839, Voigt, Weimar 1841, pp. 145 f.
Obituary in the remark. Supplement to the general religious and church friend and church correspondent , No. 10, Würzburg 1839, Col. 132 f.

Web links

Works by and about Johann Heinrich Kalthoff in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

^ See announcement in the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung , 1837, Col. 627.

personal data
SURNAME	Kalthoff, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Hebraist, educator and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 5, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH	Warendorf
DATE OF DEATH	January 11, 1839
Place of death	Muenster

[1] See announcement in the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung , 1837, Col. 627.