Johannes Zwicker
Johannes Zwicker (born December 7, 1881 in Zittau , † 1969 in Zwickau ) was a German philologist , historian and grammar school director.
Life
Johannes Zwicker attended the community school in Zittau and from Easter 1891 to Easter 1900 the grammar school there . He then studied classical philology , history and philosophy at the universities in Leipzig and Bonn . After his doctorate (July 1905) and state examination (February 1906) he worked as an assistant teacher at the grammar school in Zwickau, where he was appointed permanent academic teacher on January 1, 1909. At Easter 1909 he was transferred to the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig. From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War. In 1924 he was appointed senior director of the Realgymnasium in Plauen. He spent his retirement in Zwickau. On behalf of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin , he worked with Fridolf Kudlien on an index volume for the edition of Aretaios .
In addition to his work in the Saxon school service, Zwicker also worked scientifically. In 1911 he published the philological writings of Philipp Melanchthon , wrote numerous articles for Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity and collected Celtic inscriptions. As the fruit of his decades of work, his main work Fontes historiae religionis Celticae appeared from 1934 to 1936 , which forms the fifth and last part of Carl Clemens project Fontes historiae religionum ex auctoribus graecis et latinis collectos .
Fonts (selection)
- De vocabulis et rebus Gallicis sive transpadanis apud Vergilium . Leipzig 1905 (dissertation)
- How do you study classical philology? . Leipzig 1908
- Philipp Melanchthon: Philological writings . Leipzig 1911 ( Supplementa Melanchthoniana: Works by Philipp Melanchthon, which are missing in the Corpus Reformatorum . Department 2)
- Fontes historiae religionis Celticae . Three parts, Berlin 1934–1936
literature
- Franz Kössler: Personal dictionary of teachers of the 19th century . Giessen 2008 (preprint; PDF ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Zwicker in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zwicker, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zwicker, Hanns |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist, historian and grammar school director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zittau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1969 |
| Place of death | Zwickau |