Karl Gottlob from Anton

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Karl Gottlob Anton

Karl Gottlob Anton , from 1802 by Anton (born July 23, 1751 in Lauban ; † November 17, 1818 in Görlitz ) was a German lawyer , politician , historian and co-founder and president of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences .

Life

Karl Gottlob Anton was born in Lauban on July 23, 1751, the son of a merchant family. After studying at the University of Leipzig , he received his master's degree in 1773 and defended his dissertation in 1774. After 22 years of work (since 1775) as an official advocate , Anton came to Görlitz as a senator in 1782, having acquired the manor Oberneundorf in 1782 . In the past few years he had already made a name for himself in Upper Lusatia as a historian , linguist and author of numerous works. His position as official advocate and legal representative also made him one of the leading personalities in Upper Lusatia .

His works show him today as an excellent expert on the Sorbian language and culture. At the time of the Enlightenment, he made a significant contribution to the development of Sorbian studies in this region with his research results and his organizational skills . So he created the foundations of Slavic studies in Germany. He always maintained good relationships with Sorbian scholars.

In 1779 he proposed to found the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences and for this purpose bought the building at Obermarkt 29 . When the rooms became too narrow for society, it was he who acquired the much larger baroque house at Neißstraße 30 and thus gave society a permanent home. In 1802 he was ennobled.

Anton was an active Freemason in the Görlitz Lodge on the Crowned Snake and has significantly shaped their work.

Karl Gottlob Anton died in Görlitz in 1818 at the age of 67 and was buried in the Görlitz Nikolaifriedhof .

His cousin was the German linguist and orientalist Konrad Gottlob Anton , whose son, the classical philologist Karl Gottlieb Anton , also worked in Görlitz.

He bequeathed his library and his scientific collections to the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences . Today they are kept in the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences in Görlitz and in the Cultural History Museum in Görlitz .

Works

literature

  • Christian Knauthe : Historical news from those libraries in Görlitz. Goerlitz 1737.
  • Robert Joachim: History of the Milich'schen Library and its collections. Goerlitz 1876.
  • Richard Jecht : 150 Years of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences: 1779–1929. Goerlitz 1929.
  • Ernst-Heinz Lemper : Adolph Traugott von Gersdorf (1744–1807): Nature research and social reforms in the service of humanity. Berlin 1974.
  • Annerose Klammt: Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences at the municipal art collections. In: Handbook of the historical book inventory in Germany. Hildesheim 1977, pp. 284-289.
  • Ernst-Heinz Lemper: On the history and significance of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences in Görlitz. In: New Archive for Saxon History. 64, 1994, pp. 85-95.
  • Martin Kügler, Cornelia Eisler: Johann Gottlieb Milich: Scholar and collector. Oettel, Görlitz / Zittau 2000, ISBN 978-3-932693-55-7 .
  • Emil Julius Hugo Steffenhagen :  Anton, Karl Gottlob von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 497.

Web links

Wikisource: Karl Gottlob von Anton  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OLGdW eV: President of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences , accessed on April 12, 2014
  2. ↑ Our Upper Lusatia - a reading book ISBN 3-933827-00-0
  3. ↑ OLGdW eV: From the foundation to the end of the 18th century , accessed on April 12, 2014
  4. ↑ Internet presence of the lodge
personal data
SURNAME Anton, Karl Gottlob from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anton, Karl Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, politician, historian and co-founder of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1751
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauban
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1818
Place of death Goerlitz