Johann Wilhelm Ernst Wägner

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Johann Wilhelm Ernst Wägner (born September 16, 1800 in Darmstadt , † December 4, 1886 in Kettenheim ), often just Wilhelm Wägner for short , was a German writer , translator and Protestant theologian.

Life

Johann Wilhelm Ernst Wägner was born as the son of a court hunter in Darmstadt. First attended a private school, then the high school . From 1820 to 1823 he studied theology in Giessen . He then became court master of the French ambassador, Count of Fenelon, in his home town. From January 1824 to May 1827 Wägner was the head of a private college for boys, later a teacher at a secondary school and at a higher trade school . In 1832 he graduated as Dr. phil. In November 1842 Wägner took over a pastor's position in Ginsheim and in 1859 moved to Kettenheim as a pastor . In 1877 he was awarded the title of Council of Churches.

Wägner died at the age of 86.

Works

  • Hellas. The land and people of the ancient Greeks (1859), reworked in the 20th century by Emil Nack
  • Field Marshal Radetzky's book. For army and people (1859)
  • Rome. Beginning, progress, expansion and decay - history and culture of the Roman people (1862), revised by Emil Nack
  • Asgard and the Gods (1880) (English)
  • The Nibelungen. Narrated from Nordic and German poetry (1882)
  • Nordic-Germanic gods and heroes (1882)
  • Epics and romances of the Middle Ages (1884) (English)
  • Romances and epics of our northern ancestors, Norse, Celt and Teuton (1906) (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Wägner, Johann Wilhelm Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wägner, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1886
Place of death Chain home