List of well-known teachers at the St. Thomas School in Leipzig
This list includes well-known teachers from the Thomas School in Leipzig . See also the list of well-known students at the St. Thomas School in Leipzig and the list of rectors at the St. Thomas School in Leipzig .
B.
Johann Sebastian Bach in 1746, with a riddle canon. Oil painting by Elias Gottlob Haußmann
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer, most important composer of occidental music, most famous of the Bach family
- Caspar Borner (1492–1547), theologian, humanist and reformer, rector of the Thomas School (1522–1539), rector of the University of Leipzig
- Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), electrical engineer and Nobel Prize laureate in physics , inventor of the Braun tube , teacher of Jonathan Zenneck (1871–1959) and Leonid Isaakowitsch Mandelstam (1879–1944)
C.
- Sethus Calvisius (1556-1615), composer and music theorist, choir director of the Leipzig Paulinerkirche , Thomas Kantor (1594-1615)
- Otto Crusius (1857–1918), philologist, member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , father of Friedrich Crusius (1897–1941)
D.
- Oskar Dähnhardt (1870–1915), Germanist and classical philologist, leading narrative researcher of the 19th century, a. a. of the ridiculous poem Dark was it, the moon shone brightly , Rector of the Nikolaischule (1910-1915)
- Johann Friedrich Doles (1715–1797), composer and Thomas Cantor (1756–1789), music director of the University of Leipzig , father of Johann Friedrich Doles the Younger (1746–1796)
- Siegmund Friedrich Dresig (1703–1742), Vice Rector
- Hermann Dunger (1843–1912), senior teacher, founder of the General German Language Association
E.
- Friedrich August Eckstein (1810–1885), pedagogue and classical philologist, rector of the Thomas School (1863–1881), conductor of the Francke Foundations
- Ernst Theodor Eichelbaum (1893–1991), educator and politician of the CDU , co-founder and federal chairman of the Association of Soviet Zone Refugees (1952–1963), member of the German Bundestag (1957–1965)
- Johann August Ernesti (1707–1781), theologian and philologist, rector of the Thomas School (1734–1762), uncle of Johann Christian Gottlieb Ernesti (1756–1802)
- Johann Heinrich Ernesti (1652–1729), Rector of the Thomas School
F.
- Georg Fabricius or Goldschmidt (1516–1571), poet, historian and archaeologist, Poeta laureatus , rector of the Princely School St. Afra , inspector of the monastery school Roßleben
- Wolfgang Figulus (around 1525–1589), music theorist and composer, Thomaskantor (1549–1551), cantor and teacher at the Princely School in Meißen
- Friedrich Richard Franke (* 1832), first senior teacher
- Johann Friderici (1563–1629), Vice Rector of the St. Thomas School , Rector of the St. Nicholas School
- Franz Volkmar Fritzsche (1806–1887), philologist, son of Christian Friedrich Fritzsche (1776–1850)
- Karl Heinrich Frotscher (1796–1876), pedagogue and classical philologist, vice-principal of the Nikolaischule
G
- Johann Joachim Gesenius (1644–1675), teacher
- Johann Matthias Gesner (1691–1761), pedagogue, philologist and librarian, rector of the Thomas School (1730–1734), administrator of the “ Schurzfleisch collection ”, which later became the Duchess Anna Amalia library , head of the Göttingen university library
- Georg Goetz (1849–1932), classical philologist and rector of the University of Jena
- Johann Gramann or Poliander (1487–1541), reformer, rector of the Thomas School (1520–1522), founder of the predecessor of the Königsberg University , poet of the song Now lob, mein Seel, den Herren ( EG 289)
H
- Karl Ferdinand Haltaus (1811–1848), historian and poet
- Johann Gottlob Harrer (1703–1755), composer and Thomas Cantor (1750–1755)
- Friedrich Hermann Haufe (1899–1970), theologian and pastor
- Moritz Hauptmann (1792–1868), composer, violinist, music theorist and Thomaskantor (1842–1868), founder of the Leipzig Bach Society , student of Ludwig Spohr (1784–1859)
- Karl Heym (1818–1889), mathematician
- Rudolf Hildebrand (1824–1894), Germanist, teacher and linguist, editor of the Grimm dictionary
- Johann Adam Hiller (1728–1804), composer, music writer, Thomaskantor (1789–1801) and Gewandhaus Kapellmeister
J
- Alfred Jante (1908–1985), engineer
- Johann Christian Jahn (1797–1846), Vice Rector
- Karl Gottfried Jacobitz (1807–1887), senior teacher
K
- Otto Kanig , educator and pastor
- Julius Ludwig Klee (1807–1867), pedagogue and linguist, rector of the Kreuzschule (1848–1867)
- Sebastian Knüpfer (1633-1676), composer, church musician and choirmaster (1657-1676)
- Abraham Kriegel (1691–1759), teacher
- Christian August Kriegel (1732–1803), teacher
- Georg Aenotheus Koch (1802–1879), classical philologist and lexicographer, vice-principal of the Thomas School (1862–1879)
- Eduard König (1846–1936), theologian and linguist, opponent of Friedrich Delitzsch in the Babel-Bible dispute
- Gustav Körting (1845–1913), philologist, Romance studies and English studies
- Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722), composer and writer, organist of St. Thomas Church , Thomas Kantor (1701-1722), music director of the University of Leipzig
L.
- Johann Gottlieb Lehmann (1782–1837), grammar school director
- Johann Friedrich Leibniz , educator, son of Friedrich Leibnütz and stepbrother of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Johann Friedrich Leissner († 1767), Rector of the Thomas School
- August Leskien (1840–1916), Indo-European and Slavic, founder of the Leipzig School
- Klaus Lindner (* 1935), astronomer, author and rector of the Thomas School (1993–1999)
- Karl Heinrich Adelbert Lipsius (1805–1861), theologian and pedagogue, rector of the Thomas School (1861), member of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences
- Christian Ludovici (1663–1732), philologist, philosopher, theologian and orientalist, vice rector of the Thomas School (1697–1724), rector of the University of Leipzig (1724/30), father of Carl Günther Ludovici (1707–1778)
M.
- Erhard Mauersberger (1903–1982), organist, music teacher and Thomaskantor (1961–1972), choir director and director of the Bach Society in Aachen , director of the Eisenach Bach choir , brother of Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971)
- Wolfgang Meurer (1513–1585), educator and doctor
- Tobias Michael (1592-1657), composer and choirmaster (1631-1657)
- Paul Möbius (1825–1889), writer and educator
- Petrus Mosellanus (1493–1524), humanist, philologist and theologian
- Gustav Eduard Mühlmann (1812–1870), senior teacher
- August Eberhard Müller (1767–1817), composer, organist of the Nikolaikirche , Thomaskantor (1804–1810), Grand Ducal Kapellmeister
N
- Karl Friedrich August Nobbe (1791–1878), educator and philologist, rector of the Nikolaischule
O
- Valentin Otto (1529–1594), musician and Thomaskantor (1564–1594)
P
- Erwin Pollack (1863–1915), classical philologist
R.
- Günther Ramin (1898–1956), organist, composer and choir director, Thomaskantor (1940–1956), director of the Leipzig Bach Festival (1950, 1953 and 1955) and managing director of the New Bach Society
- Friedrich Rappolt , theologian, vice-principal of the Thomas School
- Johann Friedrich Jacob Reichenbach , vice-principal of the Thomas School , author of the first Greek-German dictionary, father of Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879) and grandfather of Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824–1889)
- Johann Gottfried Reussmann (1730–1796), rector
- Georg Rhau (1488–1548), printer and Thomas Cantor (1519–1520)
- Ernst Friedrich Richter (1808–1879), organist of the Thomaskirche , Thomaskantor (1868–1879), music director of the University of Leipzig , father of Alfred Richter (1846–1919) and brother of Bernhard Friedrich Richter
- Heinrich Ferdinand Richter (1799–1832), philosopher
- Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684), composer, Kapellmeister and deputy. Thomas Kantor (1640-1655)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ehrenfried Rost (1768–1835), theologian, philosopher and rector of the Thomas School (1800–1835)
- Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (1929–2013), oratorio choir and university professor, director of the Leipzig University Choir (1963–1973), Thomaskantor (1972–1991)
- Wilhelm Rust (1822-1892), composer, musicologist, Bach researcher and Thomas Cantor (1879-1892)
S.
- Johann Scheffel (1501–1554), schoolboy, lawyer, councilor and mayor
- Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630), poet, important composer, Thomaskantor (1616–1630) and Leipzig music director
- Johann Schelle (1684-1701), composer and choirmaster (1677-1701)
- Johann Gottfriedschicht (1753–1823), composer, Gewandhauskapellmeister (1785–1810) and Thomas Cantor (1810–1823)
- Gustav Schreck (1849–1918), music educator, composer and Thomas Cantor (1892–1918)
- Johann Gottfried Stallbaum (1793–1861), philologist and rector of the Thomas School (1835–1861)
- Karl Straube (1873–1950), organist of the Thomaskirche and Thomaskantor (1918–1939)
- Andreas Strübel (1653–1725), private tutor and vice principal
- Heinrich Stürenburg (1847–1934), classical philologist, vice-principal of the Thomas School (1883–1889) and principal of the Kreuzschule (1889–1910), son of Diedrich Rudolf Stürenburg (1811–1856)
T
- Abraham Teller (1609-1658), theology and church song writer, Rector of Thomas school , Pastor of Thomas Church
- Karl August Thieme (1721–1795), Vice Rector of the Thomas School
- Jakob Thomasius (1622-1684), rector of St. Thomas Church (1676-1684), father of Christian Thomasius (1655-1728), teacher of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
- Paul Thymich (1656–1694), poet and creator of the song Come, Jesus, come
W.
- Leonhard Weber (1848–1919), physicist
- Christian Theodor Weinlig (1780–1842), music teacher, composer, Kreuzkantor (1814–1817) and Thomaskantor (1823–1842), teacher of Clara Schumann (1819–1896) and Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
- Johann Heinrich Winckler (1703–1770), physicist, member of the Royal Society
- Ernst Windisch (1844–1918), linguist, Sanskritist and Celtologist, husband of Wilhelm Roscher's daughter , friend of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
- Alexander Witting (1861–1946), mathematics didactic
- Gustav Wustmann (1844–1910), philologist, linguist and historian
Z
- August Christian Adolf Zestermann (1807–1869), archaeologist, teacher and sub-rector at the Thomas School in Leipzig
- Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800–1860), composer and leading figure in the male choir