Karl Theodor Gravenhorst

Karl Theodor Gravenhorst

Karl Theodor Gravenhorst (also Carl ) (born November 1, 1810 in Braunschweig ; † January 28, 1886 ibid) was a German classical philologist , teacher and translator and a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly .

biography

As the son of a higher official, Gravenhorst attended the Katharineum and the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig. From 1830 he studied ancient languages ​​and history at the universities of Leipzig , Göttingen and Bonn . He then became a teacher or director at high schools in Lüneburg, Göttingen, Hildesheim, Bremen and Braunschweig.

From September 11, 1848 to May 30, 1849, Gravenhorst was a member of the Harburg parliament in the Frankfurt National Assembly and a very active left-wing liberal in the Westendhall faction, which caused him problems in Lüneburg, which he solved in 1849 by being transferred to Hildesheim . From 1857 he worked in Bremen as director of the school for scholars and as an advisor on school reform for the Bremen Senate . In 1866 he was called to Braunschweig to take up the position of director of the Martino-Katharineum, which he held until 1881. In addition, Gravenhorst also worked as a high school supervisor in the school inspectorate.

Gravenhorst was versatile, tolerant and accommodating and had such a great influence on students and colleagues. It made high demands, but at the same time left scope for individual development. On the side he translated Greek tragedies and the Odyssey into contemporary German.

Fonts (selection)

• Sophocles: Oedipus in Colonus. (Edited in modern dimensions for German readers) Rümpler, Hannover 1853, OCLC 84026710 .
• Clytaemnestra: a tragedy in five acts. Hildesheim 1856, OCLC 820467568 .
• (Extensive) news about the Martino-Katharineum. Meyer, Braunschweig 1867, OCLC 761479222 .
• School and home. (Program of the Martino-Catharineum high school). Meyer, Braunschweig 1875, OCLC 495255050

literature

• Heinrich Best , Wilhelm Weege: Biographical handbook of the members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and the political parties. Volume 8). Droste, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-7700-5193-9 , p. 160.
• Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Ed.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Supplementary volume. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 .
• Paul Zimmermann :  Gravenhorst, Karl Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 49, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 516-518.

Web links

• Karl Theodor Gravenhorst on worldcat.org (list of publications)