Johann Hildebrand Withof

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Johann Hildebrand Withof

Johann Hildebrand Withof (born June 27, 1694 in Lengerich ; † February 13, 1769 in Duisburg ) was professor of eloquence and history in Duisburg. He became famous for his history of the city of Duisburg. As a member of the Res publica litteraria , he was one of the last Latin poets.

Life

Johann Hildebrand Withof was born the son of the businessman Eberhard Withof (born September 24, 1662 in Lengerich ) and his wife Johanna Sibylla Schulze (born March 17, 1665 in Lengerich) on July 27, 1694 in Lengerich . He lost his father at the age of 9 months and was brought up by his mother and later by a guardian in the Calvinist tradition.

Even during his basic school education in the Latin schools in Lengerich and Tecklenburg , his talent for languages ​​was recognized by the rector of the Diedrich Hermann Hünemann school, so that he was sent to the pedagogy in Bremen in 1708 for further training . On November 3rd, 1711 he enrolled as a student at the high school in Bremen. Under the guidance of professors Johann Havighorst (1674–1732) for eloquence and poetry, Jakob Meyer for Greek and Hebrew, and Gottfried Jüngst and Albert Schumacher (1661–1743) in theology, he got the necessary knowledge surprisingly quickly. The first public Latin disputation followed as early as 1716 (De polytheotheti antediluviana occasione Ioci Genesis IV, 26), which completed his studies in Bremen. Two more years of study at the reformed University of Utrecht followed , which made him so well known that he was appointed rector of the grammar school in Bommeln (Netherlands) as early as 1718 and this office began with a speech on the usefulness of classical languages ​​for all sciences.

As early as 1719 he accepted a call to the University of Duisburg and held his inaugural lecture on April 19, 1720 (de decreto Julianis apostatae circa scholas Christianorum claudendas). He served as a professor of history, eloquence and the Greek language for almost 50 years and his immense knowledge of ancient writers brought him great scientific fame. Due to his long time at the university, he was rector six times (1725, 1737, 1748, 1756, 1757, 1768) of the University of Duisburg .

His scientific work included, in particular, the interpretation of difficult and controversial passages from ancient writers (e.g. Praemetium crucium criticarum, praecipue ex Seneca Tragico), the preparation of public speeches on peace agreements (e.g. Oratio panegyrica de pace inter serenissimos Poloniae et Borussiae Reges, nec non Reginam Hungariae, along with an elegy Duisburg) and the official tributes in the event of the death of high-ranking personalities. His interpretations of some unclear passages in ancient literature have endured up to the present century.

Johann Hildebrand Withof's particular preference was the preparation of Latin odes and elegies, which could not be missing in any of his speeches and publications (e.g. Carmen Seculare). He dedicated an entire book of odes to his children. The content of these odes were always themes of enlightenment reason in relation to Christian ethics and based on examples from antiquity.

Chronograms were his hobbyhorse, a finger exercise that he liked to put at the beginning of the matriculation period of the years he headed as rector. His motto was:

FasCes sVnt FasCes, seD tV DeVs aDiuVe qVaeso.

At that time there was still a censorship right over all published writings in the Kleve and Mark area, and the University of Duisburg had been entitled to this since 1655 . In 1743 Withof was "most graciously approved in publico as the special censor of the writings coming out there".

Another office was the editing of the scientific part of the Duisburg “ address and intelligence note ”, which he prepared very conscientiously and for which he wrote a large number of popular scientific articles. A history of the city of Duisburg , which appeared as a sequel over two years, stood out.

Johann Hildebrand Withof had been unable to walk due to an accident since he was 35 years old, so he was able to concentrate fully on his scientific work. He owned a large library of over 15,000 books. Because of his high level of education and his wisdom, he was popular with everyone and his students dedicated a poem to him on his death on February 13, 1769 .

O who describes Him correctly, the teacher who has been torn from us?
WITHOF was an original ...
Who describes the worries of the office, the burden, the pressure of business,
Which He took over for us as an old man.
And who really draws him in his great talents?
Who knows his virtue .. All his merit ..
O who knows him .. as a friend .. as a Christian .. and as a patriot,
Who doesn't cry by his bier.
Five times ten summers he was soon in our Athena,
The teacher! and Duisburg blooms after him.
And these decades ... how rich, how fruitful in great merit!
Here the brush of the hand sinks.

Withof wrote about himself under his engraving:

I have always enjoyed the sacrilege of wicked people
That I knew that God exists who commands the whole world.
My urge to love the truth never wavered;
Do I deserve any praise, I owe everything to him
I never gave dignity to any treasure or nobility,
Rather, they believed that only virtue is greatness even in lower things.
Convinced that opinions mostly arouse us through larvae,
I fully joined those who do not admire anything.
I've seen most of the worst squabbles
Just because of the circumstance, not because of things themselves.
Here rage of superstition, great joys there of recklessness
Seemed to me a pair of cliffs that deliberate people avoid:
Anyone who seeks to plague others is always plaguing himself beforehand:
This lesson of experience was an important asset to me.
I was very much like scholars, I was more prudent
I still preferred wise men to wise men, not wise men.
(Translation by Johann Philipp Lorenz Withof)

family

He married Agnes Margarethe Gleim (1696–1765) on August 13, 1722 and had four children with her:

  • Balthasar Eberhard (1723–1755), privy councilor ∞ Agatha Margaretha von Berendregt
  • Johann Philipp Lorenz (1725–1789) ∞ Philippine Lüttringhausen (* June 10, 1739 - † January 8, 1809)
  • Johanna Magdalena Sybilla (1728–1789)
  • Friedrich Theodor (1731–1782), rector of the academic high school in Lingen

His son Johann Philipp Lorenz Withof composed several odes about his father.

The kernels of truth, not husks and barks
You choose, faithful to duties.
You think fluently and think for reasons
And think tirelessly and in new ways.
The thought of Johann Philipp Lorenz Withof

Works

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Title page Praemetium crucium criticarum
  • 1716: Exercitatio theologico-philologica: De polytheotheti antediluviana occasione Ioci Genesis IV, 26, quam sub praesidio A. Schumacheri, Bremen: Bauer.
  • 1718: De utilitate humaniorum litterarum per omnes scientias
  • 1720: De decreto Juliani apostatae circa scholas Christianorum claudendas
  • 1721: Elegia / Joh. Hildebrand. Withofius Histor. Utriusque eloquent. & Graecae Ling. Prof. Publ. (In Dissertatio Iuridica Inauguralis De Ficta (Quam Vocant) Mala Fide / Quam, ... Publicae disputationi submittit Henricus Gerhardus Schumacher Hammona - Marcanus. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1721, pp. 38–39)
  • 1724: Elegia / Collegae Honoratissimo LMQ Johannes Hildebrandus Withofius, Historiar. Eloquent. & Graec. Ling. Prof. Publ. Ordinar (in Nicolai Engelhardi Sermo Academicus De Philosopho. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1724, pp. 47-52). Online as PDF. (PDF) Archived from the original on March 16, 2009 ; Retrieved February 8, 2005 .
  • 1725: Elegia / Amicitiae ergo LMQ Joh. Hildebr. Withofius, Histor. Eloquent. & Gr. Ling. Prof. Ordinar. (in Dissertatio Iuridica Inauguralis De Causa Siderata / Quam ... Publice tuebitur Auctor Nicolaus Eggers, Brema-Saxo. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1725, pp. 57–58)
  • 1725: Cum tibi jam [iam] magnis procedere passibus artes, ... / LMQ Joh. Hildebr. Withofius (in Dissertatio Theologica De Visione Eliae In Monte Horeb Prophetica / Quam ... Praeside Johanne Christiano Loers ... Publico Commilitonum examini exponit Responsurus Auctor Wilhelmus Ernestus Ewald, Birsteina-Isenburgicus. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1725, p. 36)
  • 1725: Wolvered honorary memory to the honorable ... Mr. Marquard Ludwig ... von Printzen, Sr. Königl. Majest. in Prussia ... Ober-Hoff-Marschall, real secret budget and war frame ... Those who were deeply saddened as a consolation ...: [Funeral pamphlets on Marquard Ludwig von Printzen, Prussia. Oberhofmarschall u. really secret. Budget and War Council, 1675-1725]; So well established in Teutscher as Latin language.
  • 1726: Oratio Qua Sanctissimis Manibus Viri Reverendissimi, Illustrissimi Atque Excellentissimi Domini Dn. Marquardi Ludovici ... a Prinzen ...: Nomine Senatus Academici Anno MDCCXXVI In Academiae Regiae Duisburgensis Acroaterio Majore / Publice Parentavit Johannes Hildebrandus Withofius ...
  • 1726: Elegia (in Danielis Gerdesii ..., Oratio Inauguralis De Docta In Theologia Ignorantia. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1726, pp. 62–64)
  • 1736: Oda (in Disputatio Philosophica De Notione Extensi Ad Mundum Applicata / Praeside Nicolao Engelhard. Publice defendendam proponit Ludovicus Ludgerus. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1726, pp. 32–33)
  • 1727: Carmen seculare ... Academiae Marburgensi, alterum Jubilaeum celebranti, Duisburg: Sas, 2 sheets.
  • 1727: Elegia / Ex animi sententia p. LMQ Johan. Hildebr. Withofius, Historiar. Eloquent. & Graec. Ling. In Academia Duisburg. Professor Ordinari (in Oratio De Commodis Et Incommodis Muneris Scholastici / habita ... a Johanne Adolpho Baurmeistero. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1727, pp. 31–37)
  • 1728: Elegia (in Henrici Theodori Pagenstecher, De Puteali Libonis Oratio. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1728, pp. 30–34)
  • 1728: Elegia (in Joh. Jac. Schillingii Oratio Inauguralis De Philosophiae Experimentalis Genuina Indole. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1728, pp. 40–44)
  • 1729: Viro amplissimo et consultissimo Domino Henrico Philippo Zaunschliffero ... de obitu parentis viri celeberrimi ... Domini Ottonis Philippi Zaunschlifferi, iurisconsulti ... consolatio / [Joh. Hildebrandus Withofius]
  • 1730: Oratio secularis in memoriam jiugustanae Confessionis, Carolo V. exhibitae, Duisburg, 21 sheets. Followed by a Latin poem about the history of the Reformation
  • 1730: Elegia / LMQ Johan. Hildebr. Withofius (in Dissertatio Inauguralis Medica De Rhachitide / Publicae disquisitioni submittit Godofredus Melm. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1730, pp. 49–50)
  • 1731: Specimen emendationum ad Guntlieri Ligurinum. Praemittitur sermo academicus de fatis studiorum, Duisburg: 2nd edition 1755.
  • 1731: Impia vibratis facibus bacchatur Erinnys, [LMQ Joh. Hildebr. Withofius Historiar. Eloquent. & Gr. Ling. Profession. Ordinar.] (In Dissertatio Juridica Inauguralis, De Collatione Donationis / Quam ... in Illustri Regia, quae Duisburgi Clivorum floret, Academia, Pro Summis in Utroque Jure Honoribus & Privilegiis Doctoralibus rite capessendis Ad diem ... Septembr. MDCCXXXI. Publicae eruditorum disquisitioni submittit Joh. Conradus Jacobus Adami Hanoviensis. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1731, pp. 37–38)
  • 1731: Praemittitur sermo academicus de satis studiorum. - Duisburg 1731 with Joh. Ovenius
  • 1732: Descriptio status praesentis Universitatis Regiae Duisburgensis et professo-rum in ea publice docentium, in: Gerdes, Daniel, Miscellanea Duisburgensia, Duisburg, 1732, I, 121-143.
  • 1732: Series professorum qui in Academia Duisburgensi publice hactenus docuerunt, in: Gerdes, Misc. Duis., 1/3, 538-542.
  • 1732: Sciagraphia Historiae Academiae Regiae Duisburgensis, occasione magnifici regiminis annui virum ... JA Timmermann, Duisburg: Sas, 2nd edition Leipzig,
  • 1733: Oratio Panegyrica In Nuptias ... Frederici Regni Borussiae ... Ut Et ... Elisabethae Christinae ... Bevera-Brunovivensis Et Luneburgensis Domus Principiis, Sponsae ... Pridie Iduum Junii, MDCCXXXIII. publicis Ceremoniis celebratas: [Wedding congratulations for Friedrich II., King of Prussia, and Elisabeth Christine, geb. Duchess of Braunschweig, 1733] / habita ... à Johanne Hildebrando Withofio, 60 pp.
  • 1733: Gratulatio Qua Magnificos Academiæ Duisburgensis Fasces à Viro ... D. Henrico Theodoro AAF Pagenstechero ... Rite susceptos Anno CI ICCXXXV. ipsis Idibus Octobris Prosequitur ... Joh. Hildebrandus Withofius ...
  • 1734: Oda / LMQ Johan. Hildebrandus Withofius (in 'Aqidat Sive Observationum Miscellanearum Ad loca Scripturae Historiam Patriarchae Isaaci Potissimum concernentia Stromateus / Quem ... Sub Praesidio Danielis Gerdesii ... Defendet Henricus de Critter, Vesaliensis. Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1734, pp. 43–44)
  • 1734: (Contribution in :) Casteel, Gerhard, Controversiae ecclesiastico-historicae, Cologne. (In the chapter: De Alexandro III. Conculcante collum Friderici Imperatori, p. 487.)
  • 1735: Congratulations in magnificos fasces viri H. Th. Pagenstecheri, annexis quibusdam veterum scriptorum emendationibus, Duisburg: Sas, 16 pp.
  • 1735: Grande quàm negotium, ... / LMQ Joh. Hildebrandus Withofius Histor. Eloquent. & Graec. Ling. Prof. Ordinar. (from Disputatio Theologica II. Ad locum Psalmi XXII. V. 26 - 30 / Quam ... Sub Praesidio Danielis Gerdesii SS Theol. Doct. Ejusdemque Facult. & Histor. Sacrae Prof. Publ. HLQS Defendet Joh. Conradus Leo Scaphusa-Helvetius , Ad diem June 29, 1735. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1735, pp. 22–24)
  • 1735: Oda / [LMQ Joh. Hildebr. Withofius. Histor. Eloquent. & Gr. Ling. Prof. Ordin. ht Facult. Philos. Decanus.] (In Dissertatio Inauguralis Juridica De Errore Calculi / Quam ... in Perillustri, quae Teutopoli Clivorum est, Academia Regis Borussorum florentissima, Pro Nobilissimo Doctoratus Gradu In Utroque Jure ejusque Insigniis Honoribus & Privilegiis, censur legitamis consequently rite & rite & disquisitionem tam solennem quam publicam exponit Johannes Carolus Jacob. Coenen Elverfelda-Montanus, Ad diem ... Decembris 1735, in Auditorio majori horis consuetis. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1735, pp. 34–36)
  • 1736: Oda (in Dissertatio Anatomico-Theoretica Inauguralis, De Chylificatione / Publico Philiatrorum Examini submittit Johannes Jacobus Melm. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1736, pp. 60–61)
  • 1737: Oratio de Teichinibus, antiquissimo totius terrarum orbis populo, Duisburg: Oven, 56 p
  • 1737: Oda / LMQ Joannes Hildeb. Withofius, Hist. Eloq. & Graec. Ling.Professor Ord (in Dissertatio Theologico-Philologica Qua Nova Lux praefertur Loco Lev. XXI. 21. 22. 23. Publico Eruditorum examini subjiciet Hardingius from Hamm, Duisburgo-Clivensis, Respondens. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1731, pp. 54–56)
  • 1738: Oratio de immodico allegandi inter eruditos abusu, Duisburg: Sas, 40 p. Accedit Insignum in Ovidii Nasonis Heroidum epistolas emendationum decas
  • 1738: Dissertatio de maxime necessaria criticorum opera, in: d'Orville, Johann Philipp, Miscellaneae observationes criticae novae veteres et recentiores, Amsterdam; Waesberg, 1740-51, Vol. 1, 113-156.
  • 1740: Idea magni principis, sive oratio panegyrica in obitum Serenissimi regis Borussiae Friderici Wilhelmi. Also contains an elegy and historical and critical notes Duisburg, 20 sheets,
  • 1741: Oratio funebris ... Gottlieb Ephraim Berner, Duisburg: Sas, 31 pp.
  • 1741: Encaenia critica, sive Lucanus, Avianus et Maximianus, triga scriptorum veterum, primaevae integritati restituti, Wesel,
  • 1742: Oratio funebris, quam ex decreto Senatus Academici viro amplissimo, et celeberrimo Dn. Joanni Arnoldo Timmermanno ... post peractas in Aede Salvatoris exsequias the XXIX. Novembris, Anni MDCCXLII. in Auditorio Academiae majori / habuit Joannes Hildebrand. Withofius, 39 pp.
  • 1742: Oratio Funebris, Quam Ex Consulto Et Decreto Senatus Academici Viro Nobilissimo, Experientissimo Et Celeberrimo Dn. Gottlibio Ephraim Bernero, Med. Doctori, & Professori in Academia Regia Duisburgensi ...: ... The XV. Aprilis, Anni Epochae à AD receptae MDCCXLI / In Acroaterio Academiae majore habuit Joannes Hildebrand. Withofius ... 31 p.
  • 1743: Oratio Funebris, Quam Ex Decreto Senatus Academici In Obitum Viri Sum Reverendi, Celeberrimi Et Doctissimi Dn. Joannis Christiani Loersii, S. Theologiae In Academia Regia Duisburgensi Doctoris Ac Professoris Publici: Post peractas in Aede Salvatoris exsequias The VI. Aprilis Anni MDCCXLIII in Acroaterio Academiae majori / habuit Joannes Hildebrand. Withofius ... 52 p.
  • 1744: Oratio Funebris, Quam Ex Decreto Senatus Academici In Obitum Viri Maxime Reverendi, Celeberrimi, Et Doctissimi Dn. Guilielmi Neuhusii, S. Theologiae In Academia Regia Duisburgensi Doctoris Et Professoris Ordinarii: Post peractas in Aede Salvatoris exsequias The XXVIII. Novembris Anni MDCCXLIV / in Acroaterio majori habuit Joannes Hildebrand. Withofius ....
  • 1746: Oratio panegyrica de pace inter serenissimos Poloniae et Borussiae Reges, nec non Reginam Hungariae, together with an elegy Duisburg. [1]
  • 1746: Paterni voti pietas In Auspicatissimis nuptiis VN Balthasari Eberhardi Withofii Canonici ad Aedem Divi Petri Trajectini Filii sui longe dilectissimi Et Praenobilissimae matronae Agathae Margaretae de Berendrecht Viduae Heideggersiae AnnoXL Laudatissimae.
  • 1747: Acclamatio votiva W Balthasari Eberhardo Withofio ad aedem divi Petri Traiectini canonico et designato oraculorum divinorum apud Lingenses interpreti ..., LingenJ Korff.
  • 1747: Elegy (in Disputatio Iuridica Inauguralis De Legitima Matris Et Aviae Tutela / Publicae Eruditorum disquisitioni submittit Luderus Daniel Georgius Voss. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1747, pp. 84–85)
  • 1748: Oratio Fvnebris [Funebris] Qvam [Quam] In Obitvm [Obitum] Viri Nobilissimi Ac Consvltissimi [Consultissimi] Domini Ioannis Arnoldi Rvlandi [Rulandi] Jvrivm [Iurium] Doctoris ...: Ex Decreto Senatvs Academici, XIV Dvisbvrgi ad Rhenvm / Finitis Exseqviis In Acroaterio Maiori Habvit Ioannes Hildebrandvs Withofivs ..., 23 p.
  • 1748: Oratio funebris. . \. Christophorus a Raab, Duisburg: Sas, 52 pp.
  • 1749: Praemetium crucium criticarum, praeeipue ex Seneca Tragico. On-line. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; Retrieved February 8, 2005 . . Praemittitur: Oratio de origine et antiquitate urbis Duisburgensis ad Rhenum, Leiden: Luchtmann.
  • 1752: funebris ... Caspar Theodor Summermann, Duisburg: Sträub, 64 pp.
  • 1752: Pietas Academica, sive Oratio, quam Viro Amplissimo, Consultissimo & Celeberrimo, Dn. Henr. Theod. Pagenstechero, Utriusque Juris [iuris] in Academia Regia Duisburgensi Doctori & Antecessori Seniori ac Primario: the XII. Junii, Anno MDCCLII, Ex Amplissimi Senatus Decreto / post peractas exsequias in Acroaterio majore habuit Joannes Hildebrandus Withofius ..., 84 pp.
  • 1752: Reliable ... news, as it was with Valerando Pollano, the first Reformed preacher in Frankfurt am Main ..., in: Fresen, Johann Ph., Notes on Mr. JHWithof's unsubstantiated message, as with V. Pollano ... received, Frankfurt / M .: Andreae. (Letterpress from DIZ No. 12–15 (1752)). Pp. 1-47.
  • 1752: Some news from Pollanus himself, in acts ..., pp. 48–59 (printing by DIZ No. 16 (1752)).
  • 1752: Thorough refutation and answer to Mr. Johann Hildebrand Withofs, PPO in Duisburg, titled as follows: Reliable news proven with authentic pieces and documents, as it was with Valerando Pollano, the first Reformed preacher in Franckfurt am Mayn, and his admission there, truthfully ( by Poullain, Valérand)
  • 1752: Johann Philipp Fresenii comments on the acts of Joh. Hildebrand Withof's unsubstantiated message, as happened to Valerando Pollano, the first Reformed preacher in Frankfurt
  • 1753: Defense of the ... message as it really happened with V. Pollano ..., Duisburg, 88 p. (Book printing from DIZ No. 11–28 (1753))
  • 1753: Elegia / ... dilectissimo libens accinebat Ioh. Hildebrandvs Withof, Historiar. Eloquent. & Graecae lingua, Professor Ordinarius (in Irregularitas Legibus Conveniens, Specimen Inaugurale Theoretico-Practicum / Qvod ... Pvblice Tvebitvr Henricvs Theodorvs Pagenstecher, Mevrsanvs. - Tevtobvrgi ad Rhenvm, 1753, pp. [1 - 3])
  • 1754: True liturgy and confession of faith, as presented by the Reformed Churches who arrived at Frankfurt am Mayn 200 years ago (= Liturgica sacra seu ritus ministerii in ecclesia peregrinorum) Frankfurt a. M., 92 p. Available: ÜB Bonn.
  • 1754: Dissertationes binae, quarum prior agit de vero distichorum Dionysii Catonis auctore, posterior de vera distichorum lectione, in: Arntzenius, O., (Ed.), Historia critica Catoniana ... adnexae sunt ... Withofii ... animadversiones selectae , Amsterdam, pp. 513-578. 2nd edition: 1759.
  • 1755: Autobiographical poem based on his engraving by Mettelinus, Cologne. (Reprinted in: Leidenfrost, Oratio funebris ... JHWithof, Duisburg, 1769; German translation in Withof, Laurenz, Academische Gedichte, II, 144). On-line. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007 ; Retrieved February 9, 2005 .
  • 1755: Joh. Hildebr. Withofii Specimen emendat. ad Guntheri Ligurinum.
  • 1756: Acta sacrorum secularium Academiae Duisburgensis. In ordinem digesta et breyi historia festae solennitatis aliisque nonnullis monumentis illustrata, Duisburg. Carmen Seculare. Archived from the original on August 4, 2007 ; Retrieved February 8, 2005 . Acta_Secularum. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; Retrieved September 22, 2006 . ( Digitized version )
  • 1758: Dies caniculares. Ad filios, Duisburg: Böttcher, 79 p. Poems, texts and news by JH Withof and JPLWithof. Archived from the original ; accessed on January 29, 2019 .
  • 1758: Monumentum pietatis, seu oratio funebris in ... obitum principis Augusti Guillielmi, regii principis Borussiae, Duisburg: Sträub,
  • 1758: Joannis Hildebrandi Withofii Oratio de Origine et Antiquitate urbis Duisburgensis ad Rhenum habita ibidem The XV. Octobris A. MDCCXLVIII cum tertia vice Fasces Academicos capesseret (About the history and origins of the city of Duisburg), PDF
  • 1759: Oratio, quam In Obitum Viri Plurimum Reverendi & Celeberrimi Domini Johannis from Hamm, S. Theologiae Doctoris ... Bibliothecae Publicae Praefecti: the XX. Decembris, Anno MDCCLIX Ex Senatus Academici Decreto / post peractas exsequias in Acroaterio majore habuit Joh. Hildebr. Withof ....
  • 1761: Elegy (in Dissertatio Inauguralis Iuridica Sistens Vindicias Doctrinae De Cauta Applicatione LIC Ubi Pupilli Educari Debeant / Publice Ventilandam proponit Liborius Didericus Post. - Duisburgi ad Rhenum, 1761, pp. 39–41)
  • 1763: Oratio de causa, modo et exitu belli nuper gesti, qua ... Frederico II., Regi Borussiae ... ob pacem cum ... Hungariae regina et rege Poloniae Hubertiburgi ... gratulatus est, Duisburg: Benthon.
  • 1765: Historia Clivensis Ducatus, ex ore doctissimi JHWithoffii ... retulit JDSchlechtendahl.
  • 1773: Bibliotheca Withofiana, Sive Catalogvs Librorvm Nitidissimae Bibliothecae Viri ... D. Io. Hildebr. Withof ...: Eorum Pvblica Fiet Avctio The ... Octobr. ... 1773
  • 1791: Grimm, Heinrich Adolf, (ed.), JH Withoff's critical remarks on Horace and other writers; together with a description of the Latin manuscripts in the Duisburg University Library, Düsseldorf. ( PDF )

Contributions in the Duisburg Intelligenzetteln

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  • 1736: New explanation of the words Matth. XIX, 24.

Why the soldiers took the cross from the Savior.

The real meaning of the word "monstrum".

The captain's horror and its cause (to Matth. XXVII. 54).

Defense of the declaration Matth. XIX, 24 against ID v. S.

  • 1737: The name Ottoman Gate.

Stambol and its name.

Birthdays and their different genres.

Investigations of the children on the Rhine among the old Germans (to Lucian).

Emperor Frederick's fictional kicking of the head (to Guntherus Ligurinus).

An unprinted letter from Melanchthon.

From the name changes of the scholars.

An unprinted letter from Calvin.

An unprinted letter from Robert Reuchen.

From the name Constitutio unigenitus (to Ovid).

Critical passages of Arrianus from the flying camel.

Discovery of the Anonymi auctoris fabularum, which IN Reveletus published.

Discovered author of the Latin tragedy Octavia. The privilege of using a language.

  • 1738: Origin of the names "Schweiz" and "Schweizer".

Origin of the names Germania, Germanien and Germanier (to Pedo Albinovanus, Florus and Ovid).

Why the Jews are called coelicolae (to Florus).

Why the Jews have become so anti-idolatry.

From the title of the books of Orosius Ormesta mundi.

Origin of the name Westphalen.

Rejection and discovery of the true meaning of the saying: Westphalus est sine pi, sine pu, sine con, sine veri.

Thoughts on Solomon's Wisdom.

Origin of the name university.

Can a Roman consul strive for the Praetor again?

From the gender registers of horses.

From the true origin of the title of the English kings: Defensor fidei.

The habit of hanging out extinguished lights in front of the houses of death.

On the superstition of the ancients not to mention death (on Horace and Florus).

  • 1739: Curious discovery of an unknown story about the Sami and Pienens (to Valerius Maximus).

Unrecognized cause of the fable of the constant laughing of Democritus and weeping of Heraclitus.

Vermeynte's crocodile tears of the former emperor Caligula refuted (to Suetonius).

From the true origin of the fable of the swan song.

Instruction and discovery of a new moral school (to Seneca's)

Discovered author of the ancient Panegyrici ad Calpurn. (Pisonem)

True origin of the name of the city of Wesel.

Refutation of the mistake that Vellejus Paterculus was present at the Varian battle.

From the ancient German word "sal".

Of the great corruption of the writings of Vellejus.

Curious discovery of the art of writing Carl the great.

Notes from the Syrian and Egyptian ulcers (on Horace).

Notes on the bite of a mad dog (to Pliny).

Discovery of the true author of the Distichorum Catonis.

  • 1740: Strange news about the person and life of Johannis Corputii and his old outline of the city of Duisburg.

A previously unprinted Chronicon (from the city of Duisburg), along with many comments; (until 1742).

  • 1742: Note on Pompilii Numae arrival to the government.

Thoughts about the wrong attempt by the Romans to set themselves free again by murdering Julii Caesan.

Of the stature of David.

Gleanings from the life of Horatii.

From the Roman Legibus duodecim tabularum (to Ausonius).

Defense ... of the true origin of the saying: "Westphalus est sine pi, etc." (Compare 1738).

From the person, life and writings of Homanni Rennecheri.

From Paradoxis (9 examples).

News of the life, writings and services of Johannes von Munster on presentation. (1743, no. 25-32)

From Caroli Magni Krone and other relics from Osnabrück.

From a custom (of the Middle Ages) to promote someone by entrusting the imperial celynodes with the death to the succession to the empire.

From a hidden way of writing of the ancients (to Justin).

Whether the Jews were conquered by King Xerxes ...

Whether the letter "D" should be counted among the Latin numeric letters.

Discovery of a martyr robe of the first Christians in Rome (at Juvenal). Why and in what sense the ancient Romans were called lords of the whole world.

On the benefits of clean handwriting (on Flavius ​​Vopiscus).

Origin of the habit of the great to enjoy themselves through paintings.

  • 1744: Actual message from Alexander Severus Lararius and supposed Christianity.

New remarks from Alexander Severus (to Lampridius).

Emperor Commodus' strange appearance as a Roman consul (to Julius Capitolinus).

Discovery of the real character of Domitian's mind.

The cause of the amazing war armies of the ancients (to Trebellius Pollio).

Historical-political note on the use of the names Cesar, Imperator and Augustus.

Discovery of the origin of the names Alemanni and Alemannia.

Discovered circumstance from the testament of Augustus (to Suetonius).

From the will of Antoninus Pius (to Julius Capitolinus).

Message from the life and writings of Conrad Heresbach.

New note about the strict male discipline of the Emperor Aurelian (on Vopiscus).

  • 1745: From the rivers leading to gold (to Claudianus).

Origin of the superstition that someone would soon die who took his name from

hears an unknown caller (to Horace).

From modesty (to Phaedrus).

Whimsical properties of the convulsive fish (to Claudianus).

Misunderstanding of the name Westfriesland.

The name of the seven provinces of the United Netherlands is not formal.

Origin of the proverb: Tell something about Dietrich von Bern and the blue ends.

The satisfaction with his class.

Amazing sea power and shipping of the ancient Cretans.

Cause of the saying of Epimenides about the lying of the Cretensians.

From the two verses of Aratus and Menander cited in the Holy Scriptures.

Description of envy (to Ovid).

From the riddles of the ancients (to Lactantius).

  • 1746: The whole Symposium of Lactantius was thoroughly revised and translated into German verse. Three books, 33 pieces.
  • 1747: Fifteen discourses on the most noble deeds and activities of the emperor Fridericus Barbarossa, together with the correction of many strange passages from Guntherus Ligurinus.

Discovery of a strange source of many epidemic errors in history.

Nestor's years and his real age.

Newly discovered circumstances of the fall of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra

(to Properz). What the ancients actually understood by "barbaros".

  • 1748: All sorts of different historical, moral and curious considerations about Horace. (48 pieces).
  • 1750: Reason and origin of the triple monastery vows in the Roman Catholic Church.

News of a jubilee celebration at the University of Duisburg.

News of the life, writings and merits of Johannes Pollius.

  • 1751: Discovery of the real cause of Ovid's misery.

Directory of those who have ever distinguished themselves through public writings in the Duchy of Cleve.

  • 1752: Message from Professor Summermann.

Reliable news, proven with authentic pieces and documents, as it was really received with Valerandus Polanus, the first Reformed preacher in Frankfurt am Main and his admission there.

Some news from Polanus himself.

An old creeping mistake from Horace.

Discovery of a false but previously unknown Messiah.

Conjecture about Suetonius so-called Christ.

Investigation into why Constantine the Great moved the imperial seat to Constantinople.

Second part of those who ever excelled in writing in Clevish.

Announcement of a letter from Philipp Melanchthon.

Notes on a geographical error due to the city of Epidaurus near Ovid. /

News of the life, writings and merits and death of Carl Andreas Düker.

Notes on the word Canton.

Defense of the reliable message proven by authentic pieces and documents, as it really happened with Valerandus Polanus; including a brief but thorough refutation of the objections raised against it.

Note on the nature of the tongue (to Jacobus 3,6).

Special note about the cimbrers.

Of the true value and worthlessness of the old manuscripts, proven by examples.

  • 1754: (continued).

Particular discovery of the desire of Diogenes Cynicus for his burial.

  • 1755: Considerations of some obstacles to discovering new truths.

Concerns about the spending of the ancient Roman and Greek scribes.

  • 1756: Special news of amazing ancient world earthquakes.

News of the writings which brought to light the occasion of the academic jubilee in Duisburg there.

Curious remarks on the laurel tree found on Virgil's grave.

Special news from a church devoured by the Rhine one and a half hundred years ago not far from Duisburg, together with the sharks' houses.

Special news from an old picture room of the Popes in the Lateran Palace in Rome.

  • 1757: Note about the preciousness ... of the Nard water among the ancients.

Message from Hennings Ludovicus, Mindanus, a hitherto completely unknown learned writer.

Third part of the short list of those who have ever distinguished themselves through public writings in the Duchy of Cleve.

Some notes on student enrollment in universities.

What an influence domestic breeding has on the welfare of the common household (to Horace and others).

From the real causes of the strange choice of the Persian king Darius Hystaspis.

Discovery of the true circumstances of the duel of the ancient Roman Valerius Corvinus.

Description of the duel between Amycus and Pollux at Valerius Flaccus.

The best and safest way to know future things.

  • 1757: Origin and purpose of the poem from the bird Phoenix (to Lactantius).
  • 1758: Renewed souvenir of a world-famous merchant Ludewig de Geer.

Dealing with wool and flax (on Statius et al.).

Of the danger of ruin to which, in the opinion of the ancients, one is subject in the company of a wrongdoer.

Whether wars before the Flood, why and in what manner they were waged.

About the correspondence and the resulting postal system (to Horace).

Some message from Ummidius (to Horace).

What actually moved the emperor Augustus to show so much favor to Horace, Virgil, Varius and other poets of his time (to Horace).

  • 1760: Moral Thoughts on the History of Inhuman Tyrants.

Message from the tower of Mecenas (to Horace).

New addition to the list of those who have ever distinguished themselves in the Duchy of Cleve through public writings.

A special and strange message from a former famous war member in the Westphalian district: Meinhard von Hamm.

Appendix to the "New addition to the directory of Klevian writers." News of some hitherto completely unknown writings by the ancient Roman poet Sulpicia.

Message from Bernhard Rottendorf.

  • 1761: From the ancient Gauls.

New comments and improvements to a difficult passage in the old so-called Cato. Message from Heinrich Bomelius, the author of the book "De bello Trajectino".

From the ancient Romans opulence in the building of the water castelle (to Horace). Special thoughts on the circumstances surrounding the birth of Charlemagne.

  • 1762: Investigation of the reason why the Athenian Draco gave such strict laws From what is exaggerated in narratives, given rise to many errors and falsehoods in history.

On the harmfulness of the abbreviations.

  • 1763: Duisburg's joy at the glorious peace of its most glorious king.

From the nonsense of the saying: the more learned, the more wrong.

Which figure, when and by which America was first populated.

  • 1767: About this year's extraordinary lack of water in Germany.

Discussion of the question whether there is reason to hope that the old writers from manuscripts can ever be brought back to their original correctness.

  • 1768: Point d'honneur, its harmful and shameful abuse in common life.
  • 1769: Commentary on the abolition of student orders

literature

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Cuno:  Withof, Johann Hildebrand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 558 f.
  • Albrecht Blank: poets, thinkers and scholars . Netphen, Casa Blanka 2002
  • Dirk-Gerd Erpenbeck: Johann Hildebrand Withof . Duisburg Research Volume 22. Duisburg 1975.
  • Johannes Gottlob Leidenfrost: Oratio funebris Johannis Hildebrandi Withofii . Duisburg 1769
  • Walter Ring: The history of the University of Duisburg . Duisburg 1920
  • Johannes Christoph Strodtmann: History of Mr. Johann Hildebrand Withof . In: Das Neue Gelehre Europa , Vol. 1. Wolfenbüttel 1752, pp. 684–713.
  • Johann Hildebrand Withof: The chronicle of the city of Duisburg - from the beginnings to the year 1742 . Netphen 2008. ISBN 9783837025309

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joannis Hildebrandi Withofii - Dies caniculares ad Filios. Archived from the original on August 4, 2007 ; Retrieved on February 23, 2005 (book with odes, dedicated to his children).
  2. ↑ FasCes sVnt FasCes, seD tV DeVs aDiuVe qVaeso. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007 ; Retrieved February 20, 2005 (his motto).
  3. ^ History of the city of Duisburg. Archived from the original on April 25, 2011 ; Retrieved February 24, 2005 .
personal data
SURNAME Withof, Johann Hildebrand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, professor of eloquence and history in Duisburg
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1694
PLACE OF BIRTH Lengerich
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1769
Place of death Duisburg