Leonhard Lentz

Leonhard Lentz (born January 23, 1813 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † September 10, 1887 ibid) was a German classical philologist, naturalist and high school teacher in East Prussia's provincial capital.

Life

Lentz studied at the University of Königsberg Philology . In the winter semester of 1830/31 he and Ferdinand Gregorovius became a member of the newly founded Corps Masovia . After he had passed the exam pro facultate docendi , he taught at the Kneiphöfschen Gymnasium from Easter 1835 . After a good 41 years of uninterrupted activity, most recently as 1st senior teacher , he retired on October 1, 1876. He bequeathed 1,000 of the retirement pension of 3,289.50 marks to the magistrate . Every year on his birthday a poor and promising student should be able to attend the demanding school from the interest . In his eleven-year retirement, Lentz devoted himself even more to classical studies and natural history than before .

De verbis latinae linguae auxiliaribus , Part. I. Königsberg / Pr. 1842
De verbis latinae linguae auxiliaribus , Part. II. Königsberg / Pr. 1852
De verbis latinae linguae auxiliaribus , Part III. Koenigsberg / Pr. 1862
De verbis latinae linguae auxiliaribus , Part IV. Königsberg / Pr. 1863
Variae lectiones et additamenta quaedam ad doctrinam de verbis auxiliaribus linguae latinae . Koenigsberg 1874
Catalog of the Prussian Beetles, revised by Friedrich Leonhard Lentz . Contributions to the natural history of Prussia, No. 4; ed. from the physical-economic society , Königsberg 1879. GoogleBooks

Old Prussian biography . Vol. 3, ed. by Kurt Forstreuter and Fritz Gause ; Vol. 4.1 and 4.2, ed. by Ernst Bahr and Gerd Brausch. Elwert, Marburg 1975-1989.

personal data
SURNAME	Lentz, Leonhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lentz, Friedrich Leonhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH	Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH	September 10, 1887
Place of death	Königsberg (Prussia)