Karl Friedrich Weber
Karl Friedrich Weber (born May 6, 1794 in Weimar ; † October 11, 1861 in Marburg ) was a German classical philologist who worked as a high school teacher and most recently as professor of classical philology and eloquence at the Philipps University of Marburg (1852–1861) .
Life
Karl Friedrich Weber was the son of the preacher Georg Gottlieb Weber (1744–1801). He attended the monastery school in Roßleben and the grammar school in Weimar. There he developed an interest in ancient languages, but after graduating from school in 1814, he first studied law and philosophy (at the University of Jena ). After one semester he switched to classical philology, which was represented in Jena by Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand . From Easter 1815 Weber studied at the University of Leipzig with the famous philologists Christian Daniel Beck and Gottfried Hermann ; Hermann also accepted him into the philological seminar and his societas Graeca . Weber spent the summer semester of 1817 in Jena again. In February 1818 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD .
After completing his studies, Weber went on educational and recreational trips to southern Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. There he worked for a year and a half as a teacher of Latin, Greek and history at a private educational institute. In 1820 he returned to Weimar and in December was appointed vice rector of the Stiftsgymnasium in Zeitz. In the fall of 1826 he moved to Darmstadt high school as a professor and main teacher of the second class. In January 1836 he was appointed director of the Lyceum in Kassel, founded in 1779 and downgraded to Progymnasium in 1835, as the successor to Nathanael Caesar . The local dispute between the city school and the Progymnasium was resolved by the Education Office by merging the institutions into the Lyceum Fridericianum in 1840 . For his services he received the Knight's Cross of the House Order of the Golden Lion in 1841 , the highest distinction of the Electorate of Hesse.
Although he was of advanced age, Weber moved from school to university in 1852. Identified by his work at the grammar school as well as by scientific publications, Weber appeared to the Hessian state government as a suitable successor to the late philology professor Theodor Bergk at the Philipps University of Marburg . Here Weber worked until his death as a professor of classical philology and eloquence. In the latter capacity, he also published the university's course catalogs.
Weber died on October 11, 1861 after a serious illness.
Fonts (selection)
- Marci Annaei Lucani Pharsalia . Three volumes, Leipzig 1821–1831
- Carmina Anicii Manlii Torquati Severini Boethii Graeca conversa per Maximum Planudem . Darmstadt 1833
- History of the municipal school of scholars in Cassel from 722–1599 . Kassel 1843
- Fragmentum Anicii Manlii Torquati Severini Boethii de arithmetica et Epigrammata Gerberti . Kassel 1847
- De Latine scriptis quae Graeci veteres in linguam suam transtulerunt, particula II . Kassel 1848
- De Latine scriptis quae Graeci veteres in linguam suam transtulerunt, particula III . Kassel 1850
- De Latine scriptis quae Graeci veteres in linguam suam transtulerunt, particula IV . Kassel 1852
- Commentatio de codice Statii Cassellano . Marburg 1853
- Vita Aemilii Porti . Marburg 1854
- Dissertation de agro et vino Falerno . Marburg 1855
- Incerti auctoris carmen panegyricum in Calpurnium Pisonem . Marburg 1859
literature
- Carl Haeberlin: Weber, Karl Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 341-343.
- Franz Gundlach: Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis 1527-1910 . Marburg 1927, p. 339
Web links
First Chair (1892–1904 Extraordinariat): Friedrich Creuzer (1802–1804) | Christoph Rommel (1804–1810) | Karl Franz Christian Wagner (1810–1833) | Karl Friedrich Hermann (1832–1842) | Theodor Bergk (1842–1852) | Karl Friedrich Weber (1852–1861) | Leopold Schmidt (1863-1892) | Wilhelm Schulze (1892–1895) | Albrecht Dieterich (1895–1897) | Georg Wentzel (1902–1903) | Karl Kalbfleisch (1903–1913) | Paul Friedländer (1920–1932) | Karl Deichgräber (1935–1938) | Friedrich Müller (1943–1968) | Wolfgang Kullmann (1964–1975) | Otto Lendle (1977–1991) | Arbogast Schmitt (1991-2008) | Sabine Föllinger (since 2011)
Second chair: Carl Julius Caesar (1863–1886) | Theodor Birt (1886–1921) | Ernst Lommatzsch (1922–1936) | Hellfried Dahlmann (1936–1953) | Carl Becker (1955–1963) | Walter Wimmel (1963–1987) | Joachim Adamietz (1988–1996) | Jürgen Leonhardt (1997-2005) | Gregor Vogt-Spira (since 2006)
Third chair: Georg Wissowa (1890–1895) | Ernst Maass (1895-1924)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weber, Karl Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weimar |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1861 |
| Place of death | Marburg |