Karl von Paucker
Karl Heinrich Johann von Paucker ( Russian Карл Егорович Паукер ; * 7 December July / 19 December 1820 greg. In Mitau ; † 7 August jul. / 19 August 1883 greg. In Reval ) was a German - Kurland professor for Classical Philology .
Life
As the son of the Protestant senior teacher in Kurland Magnus Georg Paucker (1787–1855), Paucker attended the Mitau grammar school from 1833 . At the University of Dorpat he studied classical philology with Ludwig Preller . In December 1844 he went to Berlin , where he heard August Böckh for three years . Returned to Dorpat, he was in March 1850. Magister PhD.
In the same year he became a senior teacher (especially for Greek ) at the grammar school in Mitau, until he was appointed associate professor for classical philology and education at the University of Dorpat in 1861 . After becoming a Dr. phil. had received his doctorate, he was full professor , 1872–1874 also dean of the Philosophical Faculty. After 25 years of service, he was retired in 1875.
He refused a new appointment at the traditional University of Kazan in Russia, but took on the position of director of the Courland Government School in Mitau for a few more years. He spent the last years of his life in Reval .
Paucker's numerous antiquarian treatises appeared partly in the “Works of the Courland Society” ( Alcon , the hero of the Paionic healing power ; The Attic Palladiou and others), partly in Eduard Gerhard ’s “Monuments” ( Achilles on Leuke ; Termeros ; Perseus and Andromeda ; Dioscuri at Delphi and others).
The philological work extended to the history of Latin language, word formation and lexicography .
Paucker married Elise von Baggehufwudt from the Woibifer family in Reval in 1872 . She came from the same house as his mother Anna Christina Wilhelmine von Baggehufwudt († 1835). Hermann von Paucker (1822–1889) was his brother.
Publications
- De Sophocle medici herois sacerdote , Master's thesis 1850 [1]
- De latinitate scriptorum historiae Augustae , dissertation 1870
- Contributions to Latin lexicography and the history of word formation , 1874 [2]
literature
- Hermann Rönsch : Karl von Paucker , in: Biographisches Jahrbuch für Alterthumskunde 6, 1883, p. 93 ff.
- Richard Hoche : Paucker, Karl Heinrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 240.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry to Paucker, Carl v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold Hasselblatt and Gustav Otto : Album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat. C. Mattiesen, Dorpat 1889, p. 277, no.3797.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Paucker, Karl von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paucker, Karl Heinrich Johann von (full name); Паукер, Карл Егорович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Kurland classical philologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1820 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mitau |
DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1883 |
Place of death | Reval |