Johann Wilhelm Seidler

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Johann Wilhelm Seidler (born November 12, 1718 in Minden ; † April 13, 1777 in Weimar ) was a German philosopher, editor, prince educator and librarian. From 1748 to 1760 he was the first librarian of the library of the Collegium Carolinum , the predecessor institution of today's Braunschweig University Library .

Life

Seidler studied theology in Göttingen from 1740 . From September 23, 1748, he was employed as an adjunct at the newly founded Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig , where he read about philosophy and Latin literature. He was appointed associate professor in 1747 and full professor in 1748. On May 18, 1748, Seidler was appointed first librarian in the library of the Collegium Carolinum by Duke Karl I. In addition to his teaching activities, he has been editing the scholarly contributions to the Braunschweigische advertisements since 1756 .

Activity in Weimar

In October 1760, Duchess Anna appointed Amalia Seidler to the Weimar court as prince tutor. After moving in the spring of 1761, he taught the Weimar Hereditary Prince Karl August and his brother Konstantin in the rank of senior consistorial councilor until 1774. In September 1761, Johann Eustach von Görtz became supervisor of the princely education . The princes were taught by Seidler and more than six other teachers for around 15 years, including the mathematician Johann Karl Albrecht († 1803), stepson of the abbot Jerusalem , and Christoph Martin Wieland . Seidler's subjects were religion and Latin in particular. On March 27, 1771, he confirmed the Hereditary Prince Karl August.

Seidler died in Weimar in 1777 and was buried in the Jakobsfriedhof there. His widow survived him by more than two decades.

family

Seidler was married to Marie Elisabeth Pürner (also Pyrner or Bärner, 1729–99) from Peine , with whom he had five sons and five daughters. The two Weimar princes and Duchess Anna Amalia took on the sponsorship of Seidler's first son, who was born in Weimar. The Weimar painter and confidante of Goethe , Louise Seidler , was his granddaughter.

literature

  • Fritz Meyen : About the beginnings of the library of the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig and its first librarian Johann Wilhelm Seidler. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch. Vol. 54, Braunschweig 1973 ( online ).
  • Fritz Meyen: The librarians of the Collegium Carolinum and the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig 1748-1945. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch. Vol. 55, Braunschweig 1974.
  • Isa Schikorsky: Seidler, Johann Wilhelm. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 649 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Wilhelm Seidler: Creed of the Princes of Saxony Weimar and Eisenach 1771 and 1772. Hoffmann, Weimar 1773 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Seidler, Johann Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, editor, prince educator and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH Minden
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1777
Place of death Weimar