Karl Franz Christian Wagner

Karl Franz Christian Wagner (born November 18, 1760 in Helmstedt , † June 10, 1847 in Marburg ) was a German German studies scholar , university professor and classical philologist .

Life

Wagner was the son of a school principal who had been transferred from Helmstedt to Osnabrück via Braunschweig . Therefore, he grew up in Osnabrück and attended the school there. In 1779 he began to study theology at the University of Helmstedt , where he also attended lectures in the fields of history , philosophy and French, Italian and English literature . From 1781 he studied philosophy in Göttingen and then worked as a tutor for an Italian noble family. He accompanied them on their trips to England and France. In 1789 Wagner received his doctorate in Helmstedt. phil. (Doctor of Philosophy).

After a brief activity as a private lecturer in Göttingen, Wagner took up a position as court master at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig in autumn 1789 . There he was appointed professor of German language and literature in 1792 . He also gave lectures on Greek, Roman and English literature. During this time he wrote several articles and translations, especially on pedagogical and didactic topics. He tried to establish the modern English language in class over French. In 1810 Wagner went to the Philipps University in Marburg, where he worked as a professor for Latin rhetoric until 1834. In 1839 he was appointed privy councilor.

Because of his services to the city of Marburg, he was made an honorary citizen on December 9, 1834.

Works (selection)

• The Parian Chronicle. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1790, ( online ).
• Attempt a full instruction on English pronunciation. School bookshop, Braunschweig 1794 ( online ).
• The teaching of the accent of the Greek language. Verlag Fleckeisen, Helmstedt 1807, OCLC 4457448 .
• Essays to translate into Latin for the more experienced. School bookshop, Braunschweig 1820, OCLC 257556510 .
• Critical, grammatical, and explanatory notes on Fielding's Tom Jones. Verlag Joh. Christ. Krieger and Comp., Marburg 1824, OCLC 56528558 .
• The vicar of Wakefield:…. Oliver Goldsmith, Sir Walter Scott, Karl Franz Christian Wagner, Verlag Joh. Christ. Krieger and Comp., Marburg 1828, OCLC 10381602 .
• New complete English language teaching for Germans that aims to make teaching as easy as possible. Verlag der Schulbuchhandlung, Braunschweig 1839, ( online ).
• Theoretical-practical school grammar of the English language for younger beginners. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1843, OCLC 780103774 .
• English language grammar. F. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1857 (6th edition), OCLC 31160982 .

literature

• Carl Haeberlin:  Wagner, Karl Franz Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 525-528.
• Franz Gundlach: Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis 1527-1910 . Marburg 1927, p. 335.
• Günter Scheel: Wagner, Karl Franz Christian. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 638 .

Web links

• Wagner, Karl Franz Christian on worldcat.org (list of publications)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Günter Scheel: Wagner, Karl Franz Christian. 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. 638 .
2. ↑ List of honorary citizens since 1834. In: Letter of honorary citizenship of the university city of Marburg: The magistrate and city council appoint retired Federal Minister Gerhard Jahn ... as honorary citizen of the university city of Marburg. Press office of the city of Marburg, 1977.