Johann Michael Francke
Johann Michael Francke , also Johannes Michael Francke , (born January 6, 1717 in Niederebersbach ; † June 19, 1775 in Dresden ) was a German librarian who became known for his friendship with Christian Fürchtegott Gellert and Johann Joachim Winckelmann .
Life
He was the son of the evangelical pastor Michael Francke (1679–1728) and his wife Eva Dorothea geb. Oswald. After attending grammar school in Bautzen , Johann Michael Francke began studying at Leipzig University . There, among others, Johann Christoph Gottsched was one of his teachers and the friendship with Gellert also went back to the time they studied together in Leipzig.
After completing his studies, Johann Michael Francke found a job in 1740 as a librarian with Heinrich von Bünau , who was the supervisor of the Saxon part of the county of Mansfeld . At that time Heinrich von Bünau stayed temporarily at his Nöthnitz Castle , where he had Johann Michael Francke's private library from Dresden taken to. Francke acquired knowledge of librarianship autodidactically. In the course of the relocation, Francke cataloged and bought new books on behalf of his employer. The interest in use served as the basis for cataloging. Heinrich von Bünau had the first seven volumes of the library catalog compiled by Francke appear in print under the title Catalogus Bibliothecae Bunavianae between 1750 and 1756. The Bünau'sche private library at that time comprised around 42,000 volumes and was open to the public. At that time it was known nationwide and was one of the most extensive book collections in Saxony .
From 1748 to 1754 he worked as a librarian in Nöthnitz with the archaeologist, antiquarian and art writer Johann Joachim Winckelmann from Stendal .
Two years after Bünau's death in 1762, Bünau's extensive private library was purchased for the Electoral Library in Dresden Castle and Johann Michael Francke and the library were taken over into the Electoral Saxon civil service in Dresden. Francke incorporated the library holdings from Nöthnitz into the library of the Saxon Elector Friedrich August and developed an organization and display system that was used until the 1920s.
Fonts (selection)
- Catalogus Bibliothecae Bunavianae , 7 volumes, Leipzig 1750–1756.
- Catalogus librorum, maximam partem exquitissimorum operum, qua in bibliotheca electorali Dresdensi in duplo extiterunt , three volumes, Dresden 1775–1777.
family
Johann Michael Francke was married twice. His first wife died in 1765, so that in 1766 they married Drechsler, born Sophia, for the second time. No children are known from either connection.
literature
- Hans Lülfing : Francke, Johann Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 327 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld : Francke, Johann Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 237 f.
Web links
- Manfred Mühlner: Francke, Johann Michael . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Torsten Sander: Ex Bibliotheca Bunaviana. Studies on the institutional conditions of a noble private library in the Age of Enlightenment . Thelem Universitätsverlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-939888-99-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Francke, Johann Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Francke, Johannes Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1717 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebersbach (near Großenhain) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1775 |
| Place of death | Dresden |