Laurentius Albertus

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Laurentius Albertus , also Lorenz Albrecht, Osterfrank, Ostrofrancus (* around 1540 in Neustadt bei Coburg , † after 1583 in Vienna ?) Was a German linguist and grammarian.

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Laurentius was born in Neustadt near Coburg as the son of Magister Andreas Albertus. He enrolled at the University of Wittenberg in 1557 . From 1564 he worked in Würzburg , where he was supported by his patron Johann Egolf von Knöringen . Since he represented the Catholic faith as Bishop of Augsburg, it will have been he who moved Albertus to convert from the Protestant to the Catholic faith in 1568. He was supported by him and made scientific work possible for him.

After the death of his benefactor, he turned to Bavaria in 1575 and studied in Ingolstadt in 1580 . In order to do his doctorate he moved to Siena where he obtained his doctorate in August 1573 and then moved to Vienna where he became a priest in 1583. From then on his traces are lost.

Albertus emerged as the author of one of the first German grammars, which at the time was usually written in Latin. In this grammar he takes up the dialect, word formation, word meaning and also includes old German language. This gave him lasting importance in German linguistics and language teaching.

Selection of works

  • Teutsch Grammatick or Sprachkunst. Augsburg 1573 ( digitized at books.google )
  • Teaching the HochTuchten language. Strasbourg 1573
  • Christian trewe warning to the towns of Wormbs, Speier, Landaw and other towns. 1563
  • Absurda Lutheranorum. Ingolstadt 1570
  • Chroick…, Kurtzer excerpt and understood the most patronizing history of the Francken. Cologne 1571
  • Septimii Florentis Tertulliani…, praescriptiones adversus Haereses omnes. Dillingen 1572
  • From the Bapst Johanne the eighth, which one should have been a woman. Dillingen 1572
  • Verädigung und Schutzschrift. Dillingen 1574
  • Predicanten Practic. Munich 1789

literature

personal data
SURNAME Albertus, Laurentius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albrecht, Lorenz; Easter frank, Laurentius Albertus; Ostrofrancus, Laurentius Albertus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German linguist and grammarian
DATE OF BIRTH around 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt near Coburg
DATE OF DEATH after 1583
Place of death unsure: Vienna