Karl Philipp Kayser
Karl Philipp Kayser (born November 18, 1773 in Enzheim near Alzey , † November 18, 1827 in Heidelberg ) was a German classical philologist .
Life
Karl Philipp Kayser was the son of the Reformed pastor Peter Gregor Kayser in Enzheim near Alzey . He initially received private tuition, then attended from 1787 to 1790, the high schools in Grünstadt and Buchsweiler and studied from October 1790 until September 1793 at the University of Göttingen , the subjects philology and Protestant Theology ; his academic teachers included the philologist Christian Gottlob Heyne and the orientalist Johann Gottfried Eichhorn .
From 1794 Kayser worked as a teacher at the Reformed Gymnasium in Heidelberg , where he initially held the second preceptor position and in 1796 the third full teaching position. In 1805 he completed his habilitation in philology at the University of Heidelberg and has held lectures and exercises there since then as a private lecturer. In 1807 he also took over the office of secretary at the university library .
After the reformed grammar school was merged with the Catholic school to form the Grand Ducal Baden grammar school , Kayser continued to teach there. In 1820 he was appointed one of the two alternating directors of the grammar school after he had received the title of associate professor at the university the previous year.
As a specialist scientist, Kayser emerged early on with a collection of fragments by the poet Philetas von Kos (1793), for which Christian Gottlob Heyne wrote the preface. Kayser later wrote textbooks for teaching Latin and history and edited the writings of the humanist Marcus Antonius Muretus . His diary from 1793 to 1827 was published in selection in 1923.
From 1805 Karl Philipp Kayser was married to Gertrud Kaibel, the daughter of the Mannheim pastor Georg David Kaibel. The couple had five daughters and two sons, including the philologist Karl Ludwig Kayser (1808–1872).
Fonts (selection)
- Philetae Coi fragmenta quae reperiuntur. Collegit et notis illustravit Carolus Philippus Kayser, Enzhemio-Palatinus. Praefixa est epistola Chr. G. Heynii ad Io. George. Locksmith . Goettingen 1793
- Interesting narratives: or a selection of attractive and instructive passages from T. Livius for the knowledge of Roman antiquity for the purpose of a useful preparation for the understanding of the Roman classics, mainly for intermediate sections of learned schools . Erlangen 1805. 2nd, improved edition 1824
- M. Antonii Mureti scripta selecta. Curavit Carolus Philippus Kayser. Accedit Friderici Creuzeri epistola ad editorum . Heidelberg 1809
- Franz Schneider (Ed.): From fermenting time: Diary sheets of Heidelberg professor Karl Philipp Kayser from the years 1793 to 1827 . Karlsruhe 1923
literature
- Friedrich August Eckstein : Nomenclator philologorum . Leipzig 1871, p. 283
- Wilhelm Pökel : Philological writer's lexicon . Leipzig 1882, p. 137
- Gottfried Kinkel : Kayser, Karl Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 513-518.
- The "Golden Book" of the KFG. Autobiographies of Heidelberg Pedagogues (1812–1939) . Transcribed and edited by Wolf Uebel. Heidelberg 1994, p. 26
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kayser, Karl Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Enzheim at Alzey |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1827 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |