Just Christian Stuss
Just Christian Stuß (also Justus ; born June 11, 1725 in Ilfeld , † November 24, 1788 in Waltershausen ) was a German classical philologist , writer and Protestant clergyman .
Life
Stuss was the first son of the Ilfeld Vice Rector Johann Heinrich Stuss . In 1728, when his father accepted an appointment as rector of the Gothaer Gymnasium illustrious , he moved with him to Gotha. There he received private lessons from Friedrich Albrecht Augusti and then from 1736 attended the local grammar school illustrious. In addition to his father, the Gotha teacher Johann Michael Heusinger awakened his enthusiasm for ancient languages. In addition to theology , he devoted himself to this from 1741 while studying at the University of Göttingen . Because of his parents' relationships, he was accepted into the philological seminar of Hofrat Johann Matthias Gesner and also a member of the German Society in Göttingen. In 1745 he left the university and became a tutor to a nobleman in Cadenberge . After his death he returned to Gotha in 1747. There he got a job as a page steward from Duke Friedrich . Stuss returned to the Göttingen University after just one year, where he obtained his master's degree with the work Philosophemata quaedam de fide ad librum IV. Academicorum Ciceronis . The graduation took place in the presence of King George II of Great Britain .
In the autumn of 1748, Stuss was hired as vice rector of the pedagogy in Ilfeld . In 1752 he became Vice Rector there . The death of his wife induced him to return to theology. He was ordained in Gotha. On April 12, 1761 he took up a position as a garrison preacher in this city. After five years, in 1766, he became pastor and adjunct in Molschleben and finally in 1772 pastor and superintendent in Waltershausen. He remained in this office until his death due to illness.
Works (selection)
- Ad scholasticas declamationes ... , Göttingen 1750.
- Samples and samples of German poetry in the most diverse types of poetry, which are collected from the work of recent poets , 2 volumes, Groß, Nordhausen and Leipzig 1755–1756.
- Letter to Mr. GS L **, about the life and opinions of Mr. Magister Sebaldus Nothanker , Gotha 1774.
- News from the long-time Rector of the Herzogl. Country school in Gotha, Mr. Joh. Heinr. Stuss, as a scholar, school man and rare old man, to the memorial of filial love , Bossiegel, Göttingen 1776.
literature
- Albert Schumann : Stuss, Just Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 70 f.
- Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800 , Volume 13, Fleischer, Leipzig 1813, p. 534 f.
- Georg Christoph Hamberger : The learned Teutschland or lexicon of the now living German writers , Volume 7, Meyer, Lemgo 1798, p. 732 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stuss, Just Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stuss, Justus Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pedagogue, writer and Protestant clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1788 |
| Place of death | Waltershausen |