August Leberecht Wilke

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August Leberecht Wilke (also: Wilcken, Wilcke ; * May 17, 1737 in Wurzen ; † October 4, 1781 in Zeitz ) was a German philologist and Protestant theologian.

Life

August Wilhelm Leberecht Wilke was born in 1737 as the son of the Wurzner archdeacon Gottlob August Wilcke (1705–1762) and his wife Johanna Eleonora (née Eckhardt). He attended the electoral Saxon high school St. Afra in Meissen from April 14, 1749 . There he acquired his university entrance qualification under the rectors Theophilus Grabener and Johann Gottfried Höre . After he left the educational institution on March 20, 1755, he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg on April 29, 1755 and in 1756 moved to the University of Leipzig . On October 17, 1757, when he returned to Wittenberg, he acquired the degree of master's degreeof philosophy, on March 23, 1758, he received permission to read aloud for universities as Magister legens and from then on worked there as a private lecturer .

Since he excelled in that activity, he was accepted on March 27, 1759 as an adjunct in the philosophical faculty. His penchant for theological sciences in particular led him from Greek philology to the Greek language. When he succeeded Georg Wilhelm Kirchmaier as professor of the Greek language in 1760 , he expanded the range of courses by taking even more into account classical authors and profane Greek literature. In 1772 he followed a call as pastor and superintendent in Herzberg (Elster) and in 1778 became castle preacher and monastery superintendent in Zeitz , which he remained until the end of his life.

family

Seven children are known from his marriage to Sophie Concordia, the daughter of the electoral forester von Rothenhaus, Johann Anton Beyer, in Wittenberg on June 22, 1762. His widow married the citizen, bicycle and wheelwright Johann Heinrich Wötzold in 1791. We know from the children:

  • Magdalena Sophia (born October 28, 1764 in Wittenberg) married the wool and linen weaver in Zeitz on October 10, 1794, Christian Friedrich Fincke,
  • Friederica Wilhelmine Concordia (born August 26, 1766 in Wittenberg, † July 15, 1833 in Naumburg) married Estomihi in 1788 in Naumburg the pastor of St. Moritz Church in Naumburg Johann Gottlieb Röhrer (born July 18, 1756 in Zeitz; † April 19, 1842 in Naumburg),
  • Rudolf Ernst August (born October 10, 1768 in Wittenberg),
  • Friederike Erdmuthe (born April 8, 1770 in Wittenberg) married on March 6, 1791 in Naumburg the vicar of the cathedral office & teacher of the cathedral school St. Martin Naumburg, Johann Christian Weineck,
  • Charlotte Erdmuthe (born October 20, 1771 in Wittenberg) married pastor in Gödern near Altenburg Friedrich Leonhard Rothe,
  • Juliane Christiane (born September 8, 1774 in Herzberg) married the non-commissioned officer of the field artillery corps Johann Benjamin Jahn in 1793,
  • Christiane Henriette Wilhelmine (born May 2, 1776 in Herzberg) married the cloth maker in Zeitz Christian August Priese.

Selection of works

  1. Scriptorum divinorum e Longini excelsa disciplina expensum. Wittenberg 1758
  2. Expositío solemnis magístrorum promotionis in Judaeorum academiis celebratae. Wittenberg 1758
  3. De satyricis Romanis commentatoribus optimis, in partem extremam cap. I Ep. Ad Romanos. Wittenberg 1762
  4. Progr. Exhibens Vindicias psalmi octavi. Wittenberg 1766
  5. De regundis finibus coniecturae criticae in textu hebraico VT Wittenberg 1767
  6. Diss. De genere docendi. Wittenberg 1771

literature

personal data
SURNAME Wilke, August Leberecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilcken; Wilcke; Wilke, August Wilhelm Leberecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist and Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH Spice up
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1781
Place of death Time