Johann Philipp Beck

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Johann Philipp Beck (born May 31, 1766 in Möhringen ; † March 30, 1840 in Nördlingen ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and educator.

Life

Johann Philipp Beck was born as the son of Johann Leonhard Beck (1727–1774), who worked as a pastor in Möhringen, and his wife Christiana Charlotte (1731–1784), née. Märklin born. His father died in his childhood, so that Beck grew up with his uncle, the businessman Johann Philipp Salzmann, who was married to a sister of his mother, in Esslingen together with a sister.

In 1774 he began visiting the Lyceum in Esslingen. In 1781 his brother, who worked as a pastor in Vaihingen and later in Möhringen, took over the further preparation in classical, Greek and Roman literature as well as philosophy in preparation for studying theology.

On May 2, 1783, he began studying theology at the University of Tübingen and attended the lectures of August Friedrich Bök in philosophy, Christoph Friedrich von Pfleiderer in mathematics, Christian Friedrich von Schnurrer in biblical exegesis (who also gave private lessons on Arabic), Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr in exegesis and theological morality, Christoph Friedrich Sartorius and Tobias Gottfried Hegelmaier in dogmatics and the history of dogmas . On March 3, 1786, he was examined by the ducal Württemberg consistory in Stuttgart , the ordination took place on March 3, 1786.

During his candidate period he gave private lessons as court master from 1786 to 1792 with Baron Philipp Adolf von Herrmann in Memmingen , then he became an educator in the house of Baron von Uchtritz, captain in the Swabian contingent in Memmingen.

In 1793 Johann Philipp Beck went back to Esslingen, devoted himself to studying theology and supported the clergy in preaching. After six months he became a private teacher in the Schäfer House in Kaufbeuren , and the lessons were followed shortly afterwards by two other houses for joint lessons.

On July 18, 1793 he was promoted to the open adjunct of the preaching office of the magistrate in Kaufbeuren and in November 1793 he was given the diaconate .

On December 16, 1799, after the death of pastor Christian Karl at the end (1730–1799), he was his successor in Kaufbeuren. He took over the city parish and the senior council .

On February 18, 1813 he was appointed dean , district school inspector and chief preacher in Nördlingen . He reorganized the church system in Nördlingen and redesigned the school system in the city so that the number of school places was doubled; an elementary school was rebuilt in 1815 and particularly good students received bonuses. He was entrusted with the sub-rectorate of the Latin school in Nördlingen.

On May 5, 1793, he married Katharina Johanna in Erkheim (August 23, 1771 in Venice; † October 20, 1851 in Nördlingen), née. Kleiber, daughter of Johannes Kleiner, a merchant in Livorno, Italy . Together they had a son Ernst Beck (* 1794; † unknown), who became a banker in Paris in 1836 and later a landowner in Göggingen near Stuttgart, and two daughters Elisabeth Beck (* June 11, 1796, † November 3, 1854), who later became married the rent official Jonathan Ernst Wiedemann and Wilhelmine Christiane Beck (* 1798; † unknown), who later married the customs administrator Immanuel Osiander.

Fonts (selection)

  • Sermon on the third celebration of the Reformation, October 31, 1817 in the main church in Nördlingen. Becksche Buchhandlung, Nördlingen 1817 ( online ).

literature

  • New Nekrolog der Deutschen… Band 18 , no. 1 . BF Voigt, 1842, p. 366–370 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 3, 2018]).
  • Johann Heinrich Jordan: Speech at the grave of Sr. Reverend because. k. bayer. Dean, District School Inspector and Chief Preacher of Nördlingen, Mr. M. Johann Philipp Beck: held in Nördlingen on April 2, 1840 . Beck, Nördlingen 1840.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GEDBAS: Johann Philipp Beck. Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ New Nekrolog der Deutschen… BF Voigt, 1842, p. 366 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 1, 2018]).
  3. ↑ General church newspaper . Will, 1840 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 2, 2018]).
  4. ↑ GEDBAS: Ancestors of Wilhelmine Christiane Beck. Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Helene Burger, Hermann Erhard, Hans Wiedemann, Christoph Brandenstein (Freiherr von.): Pfarrerbuch Bayerisch-Schwaben: (former territories Grafschaft Oettingen, imperial cities Augsburg, Donauwörth, Kaufbeuren, Kempten, Lindau, Memmingen, Nördlingen and parishes of the imperial knighthood in Swabia) . Commissioned by Verlag Degener, 2001, ISBN 978-3-7686-4201-9 ( limited preview in Google book search [accessed on January 2, 2018]).
  6. ^ Johann Müller: Oddities of the City of Nördlingen: Along with a chronicle with lythographic drawings . Beck, 1824 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 2, 2018]).
  7. ↑ GEDBAS: Ernst Beck. Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
  8. ↑ GEDBAS: Elisabeth Beck. Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
  9. ↑ GEDBAS: Wilhelmine Christiane Beck. Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Materials: The Kleiber family from around 1750 to 1850. Accessed on January 2, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Johann Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and educator
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Möhringen
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1840
Place of death Nordlingen