Johann Georg Wenrich
Johann Georg Wenrich (also Johann Wenrich ; born October 13, 1787 in Schäßburg , † May 15, 1847 in Vienna ) was an Austrian Protestant theologian and university professor .
Life
Wenrich was the son of a German. He graduated from the Sibiu high school . From 1805 he attended the Lyceum in Sibiu to study philosophy and theology. After the church examination he became a teacher at the Hermannstädter Gymnasium. 1809 he came to the study of Semitic languages to Vienna before a 1812 reputation as a professor followed the Hebrew, Greek and Latin languages at the Lyceum in Sibiu. In 1815 he rose to become vice rector and professor of philosophy and mathematics. In 1818 he was elected professor of theology and world history and rector of the institution.
Wenrich was appointed professor of biblical literature at the newly founded Protestant theological school in Vienna in 1821 . There he was one of the first to teach Sanskrit publicly . In 1847 he was one of the first forty members of the Imperial Academy of Sciences . However, he died unexpectedly the next day with his family.
Works (selection)
- Commentatio historica, qua, quantum linguarum orientalium studia Austriae debeant, exponitur , 2 parts, Vienna 1822 and 1824.
- Johann Wächter as a person, depicted as a servant of the state and the church , Heubner, Vienna 1831.
- Jakob Glatz. A biographical sketch. With the portrait of the Eternal , Vienna 1834.
- De Auctorum Graecorum versionibus et commentariis Syriacis, Arabicis, Armeniacis, Persicisque commentatio , Vogel, Leipzig 1842 (awarded by the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen ).
- De poeseos Hebraicae atque Arabicae origine, indole, mutuoque consensu atque discrimine commentatio , Vogel, Leipzig 1843 (awarded by the Académie française in Paris).
- Rerum from Arabibus in Italia, Insulisque adjacentibus, Sicilia maxime. Sardinia atque Corsica gestarum Commentarii , Vogel Leipzig 1843.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Wenrich, Johann Georg . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 55th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1887, pp. 4–7 ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Teutsch : Wenrich, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 724 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wenrich, Johann Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wenrich, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Protestant theologian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schäßburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1847 |
| Place of death | Vienna |