Karl Friedrich Pockels

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Karl Friedrich Pockels (born November 15, 1757 in Wörmlitz near Halle , † October 29, 1814 in Braunschweig ) was a German popular-philosophical writer, gender researcher and Brunswick court advisor. He became known as the biographer of Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand .

Life

The son of the pastor Johann Gottlieb Pockels and his wife, the pastor's daughter Christiane Sophie geb. Hübner, studied from 1776 to 1779 theology and philosophy at the University of Halle . His academic teachers included August Hermann Niemeyer and Johann August Eberhard . Through the mediation of the philanthropist Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow , Pockels went to Braunschweig in 1780 to educate the two youngest sons of Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand , August and Friedrich Wilhelm . He accompanied the nearly blind Prince August 1787 as secretary and partner to Northeim , where he entered the Hanoverian military service. Pockels persuaded the severely handicapped Hereditary Prince August to renounce the throne in favor of his younger brother Friedrich Wilhelm. In 1790 Pockels was appointed to the Royal British Council and in 1800 to the Duke of Brunswick. The canonical at the Braunschweiger St. Blasiusstift , awarded in 1805, secured him financially. On April 2, 1814, Duke Friedrich Wilhelm gave him overall supervision of the press in the Duchy of Braunschweig. Pockels died of a stroke on October 29, 1814.

Journalistic activity

Pockels wrote popular psychological and educational works, including writings on child psychology and on the psychology of the sexes. He worked on Karl Philipp Moritz 's magazine for empirical soul science and published several articles in the Braunschweigischer Magazin . In 1809 his biography about Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand was published.

family

On September 12, 1790, Pockels married Margarethe Dorothea Niemeyer, the eldest daughter of the Hanoverian lieutenant colonel JK Niemeyer in Einbeck . The marriage had seven sons, including the military doctor August Pockels , and four daughters. His wife died on June 27, 1850.

Fonts

  • Contributions to the advancement of human knowledge, especially in consideration of our moral nature. 2 volumes, Vieweg, Berlin 1788–1789, OCLC 601113057 .
  • Attempt to characterize the female sex. A moral painting of man, age and social life 4 volumes. Ritscher, Hanover 1797–1801.
  • The man. An anthropological character painting of his gender. A counterpart to the characteristics of the female sex 2 volumes, Ritscher, Hanover 1805, ( zs.thulb.uni-jena.de ).
  • The ten commandments of conjugal life, attempt to characterize the female sex. 5 volumes, 1797–1802, Saucke, Hamburg 1951, OCLC 72243104 .
  • The ten commandments of conjugal life. Saucke, Hamburg 1951, OCLC 720213724 .
  • (published anonymously): Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg. A biographical painting of this prince. Cotta, Tuebingen 1809, OCLC 64413087 .
  • About dealing with children. Experiences, maxims, etc. Waving for parents, educators, etc. Childhood friends in d. educated world. Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811, OCLC 671563992 .

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SURNAME Pockels, Karl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pockels, Carl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and councilor
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Böllberg / Wörmlitz
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1814
Place of death Braunschweig