Johann Wilhelm Christian Gustav Casparson

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Johann Wilhelm Christian Gustav Casparson , often just JWCGC , (also just J. W. C. G. Casparson ; born September 7, 1729 in Gießen , † September 3, 1802 in Kassel ) was a German writer , historian and university professor .

Life

Casparson came from a Swedish family. His father Johann Casparson (1692–1742) fled Sweden and was employed by the Hessian postal service in Giessen. He was the author of the Conversations in the Realm of the Dead . JWCG Casparson received his schooling on the pedagogies of Gießen and Halle an der Saale . He turned down an offer from friends of his father's to finance him to study theology, if this subject did not suit his interests.

Casparson got a job as court master with statesman Leonhard Heinrich Ludwig Georg von Canngießer . During this time he published his first poems, which made him a member of the German Society of Göttingen in 1751 ; In 1753, at the request of Johann Christoph Gottsched, he became a member of the Leipzig Society of the Liberal Arts , in which he worked on its publication, the latest from the graceful society, and also published his own articles and poems there. Landgrave Wilhelm VIII of Hesse-Kassel became aware of him. From 1756 he made it possible for him to study at the University of Göttingen . He stayed here until in 1758 armed conflicts forced him to return to Kassel.

After his return in 1759, Casparson got a job as a teacher of history and beautiful literature at the Collegium Carolinum in Kassel. In 1760 he was promoted to professor there . He remained in this position until the university was dissolved and in the meantime was involved in the reform of the university together with Canngießer. From 1778 he was also a teacher of ancient history and the German language with the Cadet Corps in Kassel. He also became a member of the board of directors when the Lyceum Fridericianum was founded . At the same time he worked as a censor for his sovereigns. In 1783 he was appointed to the Hessian council.

Casparson was a member of the Freemason Lodge Zum Konkrönten Löwen in Kassel. In addition, he was a member of the Society of Antiquities since it was founded . It was brought into being in 1777 by Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Kassel . In 1786 Casparson was appointed its secretary. Also in 1777 he became a member of the Royal Historical Institute in Göttingen .

Works (selection)

  • Hesse's great Carl: sung about in a poem of praise on Carl Day 1753 , Hueter, Kassel 1753.
  • Theutomal, Hermann's and Thusnelden's son: A tragedy in three acts , Hemmerde, Kassel 1771.
  • Treatise on the prevention of begging in a capital and residential city , Cramer, Kassel 1783.
  • From the Polizey in general and the Hessian in particular , Hof-Buchdruckerei, Kassel 1784.
  • Poems: A Contribution to the History of German Taste , Griesbach, Kassel 1797.
  • How can the farmer improve his village roads without the expense of the state and his own overload to his benefit? , Griesbach, Kassel 1801.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Casparson, Johann . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 2 : Brann-Einslin . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2005, ISBN 3-11-094656-4 , p. 302 .
personal data
SURNAME Casparson, Johann Wilhelm Christian Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casparson, JWCG; JWCGC
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1729
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 1802
Place of death kassel