Karl Gottfried Siebelis
Karl Gottfried Siebelis (born October 10, 1769 in Naumburg , † August 7, 1843 in Budissin , today Bautzen ) was a German classical philologist and educator.
Life
Siebelis was raised by his grandparents after the early death of his parents and attended the Ratsgymnasium zu Naumburg, where he received Latin lessons from Friedrich Wilhelm Döring . After graduating, he moved to the University of Leipzig , where he studied theology and philosophy. Gottfried Hermann was one of his fellow students . The classical scholar Christian Daniel Beck accepted both into the Societas Philologica Lipsiensis . After the master’s examination, Siebelis worked as a tutor. In 1798 he was appointed vice rector at the Stiftsgymnasium Zeitz , in 1804 he went to the Bautzen Ratsgymnasium as rector , where Karl Friedrich Ameis , Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer and Ernst Theodor Stöckhardt were among his students. He continued the course of his predecessor Ludwig Gedike and made the grammar school one of the leading German educational institutions. In 1841 he retired.
Siebelis was a sponsor of the Sorbs in Bautzen and a member of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences . Through his teaching activities and his numerous writings, including a "critical-exegetical" edition of Pausanias in 5 volumes from 1822 to 1828, he acquired the reputation of an internationally respected scholar during his lifetime. His contribution to the further development of the school programs of the time in the sense of classical humanism should be emphasized . He had been a member of the Masonic Lodge in Bautzen since 1816 .
His son Johannes Siebelis was also a philologist.
literature
- Richard Hoche : Siebelis, Karl Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 168.
- Karl Friedrich Ameis, the high school teacher in his noble occupation and as a person, as sheets of memory of Karl Gottfr. S., Gotha, 1845
- Ernst Friedrich Wüstemann , Yearbooks for Philology and Pedogogy, BG Teubner, 1846, pp. 220–223
- Biographical Lexicon of Upper Lusatia, Volume 1, p. 314
- Frank Fiedler , Uwe Fiedler, Pictures of Life from Upper Lusatia: 34 biographies from Bautzen, Bischofswerda and the surrounding area, Books on Demand, 2011, ISBN 3842351771 , pp. 94–99
Web links
- Works by and about Karl Gottfried Siebelis in the German Digital Library
- Karl Gottfried Siebelis ( memento from January 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the Upper Lusatia Biographical Lexicon
- Portrait at O'Reilly
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siebelis, Karl Gottfried |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siebelis, Carl Gottfried; Siebelis, Carolus Godofredus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist and pedagogue |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naumburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1843 |
| Place of death | Budissin (Bautzen) |