Johannes Oberdick

Johannes Oberdick (born June 27, 1835 in Herdringen in Westphalia , † August 20, 1903 in Canth near Breslau ) was a German classical philologist and grammar school director.

life and work

Johannes Oberdick attended the Theodorianum grammar school in Paderborn and received his school- leaving certificate there on July 29, 1854. He then studied classical philology at the Royal Academy in Münster , at the University of Bonn and at the University of Breslau , where Friedrich Haase , August Rossbach and Rudolf Westphal were among his teachers. On December 27, 1859, Oberdick passed the teaching examination in Latin, Greek, German, history and geography.

After passing the teaching examination, Oberdick entered the Prussian school service. He worked at various Silesian grammar schools: In 1860 he completed the probationary year at the grammar school in Glatz and was appointed assistant teacher there on January 1, 1861. On October 1, 1861, he moved to the Matthias Gymnasium in Breslau, where he was employed as a second collaborator on April 1, 1862 . From May 1, 1862, in addition to his other duties, he worked as an assistant gymnastics teacher. On May 24, 1863 he was employed as a full high school teacher. On March 3, 1864, he moved to the grammar school in Neisse as 2nd senior teacher , and on August 5, 1868 as senior teacher at the secondary school in Glogau .

By royal decree of October 16, 1869, Oberdick was appointed director of the high school in Glatz on January 1, 1870, where he worked for six years. By decree of September 27, 1876, he left Silesia for some time and, from October 1, 1876, headed the grammar school in Arnsberg , in his Westphalian homeland. A year later he switched to the Paulinum grammar school in Münster . On November 1, 1882, he returned to the Matthias Gymnasium in Breslau as director, where he stayed until he retired. For health reasons he retired on May 1, 1897. He spent the last years of his life withdrawn in Breslau and in his summer residence Canth , where he died of a stroke on August 20, 1903 .

In addition to his work in the school service, Oberdick was scientifically active throughout his career. He wrote studies on the history of late antiquity , on the textual criticism of the Historia Augusta and on the explanation of the Aeschylus tragedies. He has been drawn to Aeschylus since he was a student; In addition to text-critical, metrical and exegetical works, he also published editions and translations of individual tragedies. Another research focus was the Latin orthography .

Oberdick received rich recognition for his scientific and educational achievements. At the instigation of his academic teacher August Rossbach, the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Breslau awarded him an honorary doctorate on November 6, 1874 with the dedication philologo et historico doctissimo, paedagogo spectatissimo ("the learned philologist and historian, the excellent teacher"). On March 8, 1890, the Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana in Mantua elected him as a corresponding member. On his retirement he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd class with ribbon.

Fonts (selection)

• The anti-Roman movements in the Orient during the latter half of the third century AD (254-274). A contribution to the history of the Roman Empire under the emperors . Berlin 1869
• Aeschylus' pleaders for protection. With introduction and commentary . Berlin 1869
• Contributions to the explanation and criticism of Aeschylus . Glatz 1870 (school program)
• Aeschyli Persae. Recensuit Ioannes Oberdick . Berlin 1876
• Commentationum Aeschylearum specimen . Glatz 1876
• De exitu fabulae aeschyleae quae Septem adversus Thebas inscribitur . Arnsberg 1877 (school program)
• De stasimo primo fabulae Aeschyleae quae Septem adversus Thebas inscribitur . Münster 1878 (school program)
• Quaestiones Aeschyleae . Munster 1878
• Studies in Latin Orthography . Münster 1879 (school program)
• Critical Studies. Collected treatises and reviews with introduction . I. volume, Münster 1884 (no more published)
• Curae Aeschyleae . Wroclaw 1885
• Studies in Latin Orthography II . Breslau 1886 (school program)
• Studies in Latin Orthography III . Breslau 1891 (school program)
• De inscriptione Palmyrena Vog. duodetricesima commentatio . Breslau 1893 (school program)
• Studies in Latin Orthography IV . Breslau 1894 (school program)

literature

• Wilhelm Pökel : Philological writer's lexicon . Leipzig 1882, p. 194
• Johannes Oberdick . In: Annual report on the progress of classical antiquity . Volume 32, 1904, Volume 119 (1904). Nekrologe (= Biographical Yearbook for Classical Studies . Volume 27, 1904 (1905), pp. 10-14 (with list of publications))

Web links

Wikisource: Johannes Oberdick  - Sources and full texts

• Personnel sheet from Johannes Oberdick in the personnel file of the BIL expert body in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)