Konrad von Orelli

Konrad von Orelli (born November 6, 1788 in Zurich ; † July 10, 1854 there ) was a Swiss high school teacher for French and philosophy, author of an early grammar of Old French .

life and work

Konrad von Orelli was the son of Governor David von Orelli (1759–1813) and the younger brother of the philologist Johann Caspar von Orelli . As a reformed clergyman (1810) he was a teacher of French (later also Latin) at the Zurich Citizens' School from 1819 to 1833, from 1833 to 1846 professor of propaedeutic philosophical sciences at the Upper Gymnasium there, and from 1837 to 1853 French teacher at the Lower Industrial School.

Orelli published the first (and accordingly imperfect) grammar of Old French:

• Old French grammar, in which the conjugation is preferred . In addition to an appendix of old fabliaux et contes which correspond to Schiller's course after the iron hammer, Wieland's water vat, Bürger's Lied von Treue, Langbein's Kirschbaum; and some fragments from the Roman du Renart, Zurich 1830 (420 pages); 2nd edition ud T. Old French grammar (theory of forms) with many conjectures and corrections , Zurich 1848 (429 pages)

Other works

• About the struggle between rationalism and supernaturalism, Tübingen 1825
• French Chrestomathy, 3 volumes, Zurich 1836–1837
• Little chess book, Aarau 1840
• Spinoza's life and teaching. Along with an outline of Schelling's and Hegel's philosophy, Aarau 1843, 1850
• Critical instruction on the Roman de Rou and des Ducs de Normandie, Zurich 1845 (school program Kantonsschule Zürich; these are critical comments on: Robert Wace , Roman de Rou et des Ducs de Normandie, edited by Frédéric Pluquet , Rouen 1827)
• Easy to understand instructions for playing chess, Zurich 1852

literature

• Otto Hunziker:  Orelli, Konrad v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 417 f.

Web links

• Literature by and about Konrad von Orelli in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)