Ludwig Gottfried Blanc

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Ludwig Gottfried Blanc (born September 12, 1781 in Berlin , † April 18, 1866 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German Reformed pastor and Romanist .

Blanc was from 1805 to 1807 assistant preacher at the Werderschen Church in Berlin and then second preacher in the French Reformed community in Halle an der Saale . In 1809, through the union of his congregation with the German Reformed Third Cathedral Preacher at Hallesches Dom . From 1813 to 1815 he was a Prussian field preacher and then returned to Halle, where he was also an associate professor from 1822 and a full professor for Romance languages and literature at the university from 1833 . In 1838 he was promoted to second cathedral preacher and in this capacity was a curator of the v. Jena Fräuleinstifts , whose canons belonged to the cathedral community in Halle. Blanc was also a member of the Halle Masonic lodge Zu den three Swords . In 1860 he retired as cathedral preacher, but retained the professorship.

From 1821/24 he published the handbook of the most worth knowing from the nature and history of the earth and its inhabitants in several further editions .

Because of his services as a field preacher, Blanc received the Iron Cross on a black ribbon. On his ordination anniversary in 1855, he was awarded the 4th class Red Eagle Order and an honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty in Halle .

literature

  • Adolph Zahn : Information about the clergy of the evangelical-reformed cathedral community in Halle ad S. Halle 1863, p. 52f ( digitized ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://sundoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/nachlaesse/blanc.htm
  2. ^ Hallesches address book for the year 1838. Compiled by Daniel Friedrich Rennecke senior, p. 13 ( digitized version )