Johann Jakob Dusch

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Johann Jakob Dusch, painting by Johann Jakob Tischbein, 1766, painted for Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim . Gleimhaus Halberstadt

Johann Jakob Dusch (born February 12, 1725 in Celle ; † December 18, 1787 in Altona ) was a German poet and prose writer .

Life

Dusch studied theology , fine sciences and English literature in Göttingen . After completing his studies, Dusch began his career as a teacher and scientist.

Shower translated in 1762 was the first to History of England of David Hume into German. History of Great Britain. First volume containing the governments of Jacob I and Carl I. From the English of David Hume Esq., Breslau and Leipzig 1762. As such he was entrusted with the management of the Christianeum high school in Altona in 1766 , which he held until his death. In 1767 he became professor of the English and German languages, then in 1771 professor of philosophy and mathematics. In the years 1758 to 1763 shower also translated the works of Alexander Pope and published them (5 volumes, Altona 1758–64).

At the age of 62, Dusch died on December 18, 1787 in Altona. Lessing ironically described him in his 41st literary letter as one of the most fertile pens of our time. A street in Altona-Nord has been named after him since 1951. The landscape painter Anton Carl Dusch was his only son.

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In his fiction work, Dusch tried his hand at comic didactic poems (e.g. The Sciences ), but was not very successful here. In his comical epic poems (e.g. The Lap Dog ) he leans too much on Alexander Pope and was already considered an imitator by his contemporaries. In return, Dusch caused a sensation with his moral letters and even achieved a small artistic breakthrough.

Works

  • The Sciences. Goettingen 1752
  • The temple of love. Hamburg 1758
  • The toppé. Goettingen 1751
  • The lap dog. Altona 1756
  • Moral letters for the formation of the heart. Leipzig 1759
  • Letters for the formation of taste. Leipzig 1764-73
  • History of Karl Ferdiner. Breslau 1776–80
    • under the title The Fiancee of Two Brides. Breslau 1785 new ed.
  • The pupil. Altona 1798

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Eibl, Jörg Schönert (Ed.): Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Works . Hanser, 1970, ISBN 978-3-446-10784-7 , pp. 126 .

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personal data
SURNAME Shower, Johann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shower, Johann Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH Celle
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1787
Place of death Altona