M. Carl Gottlieb Berger

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M. Carl Gottlieb Berger (born June 19, 1764 in Cavertitz ; † March 29, 1824 in Strehla ) was a German theologian , musician , translator and botanist .

Life

Berger was born in Cavertitz in northern Saxony as the son of the school teacher Salomo Gottlieb Berger, who initially taught him himself. However, he later attended the school in Oschatz and in September 1773 switched to the Princely School in Grimma . From 1783 Berger studied at the University of Leipzig and in 1787 became tutor to Count von Seydewitz in Kreinitz , but already two years later he switched to a merchant in Elsterode , where he met his future wife with Johanna Dorothea Schubert. Soon he took the position of cantor and in 1792 took over the pastorate in Bischheim near Kamenz .

In 1797 he finally took over the parish in the town of Strehla on the Elbe , where numerous surrounding villages were also parish. And finally became an adjunct of the ephoria Oschatz . In Strehla he devoted himself to music, where he made a name for himself as the organizer and conductor of various concerts, as well as classical literature and the French language. But he was particularly interested in botany, where Berger acquired considerable specialist knowledge. He made agricultural experiments, grew strange plants and built greenhouses. Ultimately, he brought out the "Pocket Book for Flower Friends". In 1802 his multi-volume treatise "The botanical art of planting according to Dumont-Courset" was published, which, based on the model of Ducray Dumenil's "Le botaniste cultivateur", dealt with plant breeding and, in addition to plant descriptions, also contained instructions for care. This work was dedicated to the Saxon court gardener Seidel.

Berger had an accident on the night of March 28th to 29th, 1824. On that evening after visiting an acquaintance in Trebnitz , he had caught a bad cold and started the way back to Strehla along the Elbe and fell into the river. The exact circumstances remained unknown and initially only his cane and pipe were found at the presumed accident site. It was not until May 24, 1824 that his body was finally found near the town of Mühlberg .

Work (selection)

  • "Treatise on the Contempt of the Clergy" (1800)
  • "Pocket book for flower lovers" (1802)
  • "Ideal of a splendid garden on a small scale" (1803)
  • “Detailed instructions for the correct pronunciation of the Latin plant names; an appendix to the pocket book for plant lovers "(1804)
  • "The botanical art of planting according to Dumont-Courset" (1805)
  • “Immortellen = or always beautiful; Paperback for the discovery years from 1809 to 1816 "(1818)

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c Obituary for “M. Carl Gottlieb Berger “in New Nekrolog der Deutschen , Volume 2, Voigt-Verlag, 1826, pp. 1094 to 1097
  2. ↑ a b Berger's obituary in the Leipziger Zeitung , June 3, 1824 | p. 1534
  3. ↑ MCG Berger: The botanical art of planting according to Dumont Course . Heinrich Gräff, Leipzig 1805.
personal data
SURNAME Berger, M. Carl Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berger, Carl Gottlieb; Berger, Carl G .; Berger, MCG; Berger, Karl Gottlieb; Berger, Christian Gottlieb (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, musician, translator and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Cavertitz
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1824
Place of death Strehla