Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann
Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann , also: Carl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann , Vollrath Hoffmann (born July 15, 1796 in Stargard , † August 30, 1842 in Stuttgart ) was a geographer and geographical writer .
Life
Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann was born as the son of a master saddler in the small country town of Stargard (today: Burg Stargard) in Mecklenburg-Strelitz . He attended the Stargarder Stadtschule, then the scholars' school in Friedland and the Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium in Berlin. Since 1812, he studied in Berlin , where he is the Corps Vandalia I joined. In Jena he became a member of the original fraternity .
After graduating, he was a teacher at Fellenberg's training institutes in Hofwil and later went to Stuttgart at the invitation of the geologist Bernhard von Cotta . There he took over the direction of a geographic institute, which he later followed to Munich .
In 1829 he became a private lecturer at the university there, but soon had to leave Munich because of frank statements about Catholicism and went back to Stuttgart, where he died in dire want after receiving calls to St. Petersburg and Dorpat a few days earlier .
Works (selection)
- The earth and its inhabitants, a handbook and reader for all classes . Stuttgart [u. a.], 1833; 3rd, corrected and probable edition ( digitized version )
- The earth and its inhabitants . Stuttgart, 1833; 6th edition by Heinrich Berghaus and Völter, 1861–65
- Germany and its inhabitants . Stuttgart, 1834–36, 4 volumes
- Volume 1 (1836): Germany in general containing. ( Digitized version )
- Europe and its people . Stuttgart, 1835–40, 8 volumes
- The peoples of the earth, their life, their customs and traditions . Stuttgart, 1840, 2 volumes
Remarks
- ↑ Not born: June 15, 1796!
- ↑ Did not die: August 20, 1842!
- ^ As a high school graduate in Friedland, Hoffmann cannot be proven.
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 17 , 8
- ↑ Peter Kaupp [edit.]: Stamm-Buch of the Jenaische Burschenschaft. The members of the original fraternity 1815–1819. (= Treatises on student and higher education ; Vol. 14). SH-Verlag, Cologne 2005. ISBN 3-89498-156-3 . P. 169.
literature
- Friedrich Ratzel: Hoffmann, Karl Friedrich Vollrath . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 606 f.
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 340–341.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature on Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann in the state bibliography MV
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hoffmann, Karl Friedrich Vollrath |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffmann, Vollrath |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | geographical writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1796 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stargard |
DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1842 |
Place of death | Stuttgart |