Julius Brauns
Julius Johann Diedrich Adolf Brauns (born January 8, 1857 in Ludwigslust , † February 24, 1931 in Bergedorf ) was a German teacher, stenographer and inventor of a shorthand.
Life
After studying philology and modern languages in Berlin and Greifswald, Braun became an academic assistant teacher in Schwerin in 1878 . Later he took on a number of other teaching activities, most recently he worked at the University of Hamburg as a lecturer in Romance languages. He retired in 1922, and Braun died in Bergedorf on February 24, 1931.
Brauns learned Gabelsberger 's shorthand system in self-teaching in 1872. In the following year he also acquired Altstolz's shorthand. After five years of short-written scientific research, Brauns published ten theses in 1887 which, in his opinion, a school shorthand should fulfill. For example, he demanded that the same spelling rules apply to such shorthand as to normal spelling.
Brauns' shorthand, however, was never very important. Brauns himself was nevertheless involved in unification negotiations, for example he was also a member of negotiations on the German unity shorthand .
Brauns' shorthand was transferred to the Swedish, Danish-Norwegian and Spanish languages as well as Esperanto.
literature
- L. Schneider, G. Blauert: History of the German shorthand . Heckners Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1936, p.
- Rudolf Weinmeister: Brauns, Julius Johann Diedrich Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 561 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Julius Brauns in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brauns, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brauns, Julius Johann Diedrich Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher, stenographer and inventor of a shorthand |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigslust |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1931 |
| Place of death | Bergedorf |