Laurenz Lersch

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Johann Heinrich Laurenz Lersch (born June 16, 1811 in Aachen , † May 12, 1849 in Bonn ) was a German classical philologist .

Life

Lersch was the son of the Aachen brandy distiller and liquor dealer Johann Anton Lersch and Maria Gertrud Dupont and the older brother of the balneologist Bernhard Maximilian Lersch . After completing his school education in Aachen, he first studied in Bonn from 1829, then for three semesters in Berlin Classical Philology and History. When he returned to Bonn, he received his doctorate in 1836 with the dissertation De morum in Virgilii Aeneide habitu . His habilitation in the same year with the trial lecture on the influence of the Stoics on all sciences among the Romans was the first in the Philosophical Faculty of Bonn University . Like his numerous writings, his lectures also included archeology in addition to a wide range of philological topics.

At his suggestion, the Society of Friends of Antiquity was founded in the Rhineland , whose secretary was Lersch. In the (Bonn) yearbooks of this association, of which he became editor, he published 23 articles. In 1845 Lersch received a call as associate professor of ancient literature at the Lyceum in Braunsberg , which he did not follow; in Bonn he was finally appointed associate professor in 1848.

In March 1849 Lersch suffered a stroke, from which he however apparently recovered. He then succumbed to a second stroke on May 12, 1849.

Lersch was a member of the Cockchafer Association and the Istituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica .

Works

Scientific writings

  • De morum in Virgilii Aeneide habitu . Diss. Univ. Bonn, 1836
  • together with Heinrich Düntzer : De versu, quem vocant, Saturnio . Bonnae: Koenig, 1838
  • Philosophy of language of the ancients . Three parts. Bonn 1838. 1840. 1841, reprint Hildesheim: Olms, 1971
  • Central Museum of Rhineland Inscriptions . 1. Cologne; 2. Bonn; 3. Trier. Bonn, Habicht 1839. 1840. 1842
  • (anonymous :) The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn in 1839 . Bonn 1839. Reprint Bonn: Bouvier 1968
  • Antiquitates Vergilianae ad vitam populi Romani descriptae . Bonnae: Koenig 1843
  • Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, De abstrusis sermonibus. Published and honored in literary history . Bonn 1844
  • The Cologne mosaic . Program for Winckelmann's birthdays in 1845. Bonn: Marcus 1846
  • Apollon, the giver of salvation. Silver-plated ore statuette from the Museum of the Society for Useful Research in Trier . Program for Winckelmann's birthdays in 1847. Bonn: Marcus 1848
  • The so-called sword of Tiberius. A Roman sword of honor from the time of this emperor in the possession of the art dealer Josef Gold in Maynz . Program for Winckelmann's birthdays in 1848. Bonn: Marcus 1849

Seals

  • Religious poems . Collection 1. Bonn 1832; Collection 2. Bonn 1834
  • The good Gerhard from Cologne. Brought to you on the occasion of Ferdinand Delbrück's fifty-year jubilee, July 22, 1847 . Bonn: Lechner 1847
  • (Ed.), Remembrance of Bonn in songs and ballads . Bonn: Henry & Cohen 1837; 2., completely reversed. Edition: Selbstv. d. Edited by (Dr. v. FP Lechner) 1848

Artistic activity

Examples of graphics from his hand below

literature

  • Friedrich Haagen :  Lersch, Laurenz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 428-431.
  • Otto Wenig (Ed.): Directory of professors and lecturers at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn 1818–1968. Bouvier / Röhrscheid, Bonn 1968, p. 176.

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personal data
SURNAME Lersch, Laurenz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lersch, Johann Heinrich Laurenz; Lersch, Laurentius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1849
Place of death Bonn