Michael Richey (Scholar)
Michael Richey (born October 1, 1678 in Hamburg ; † May 10, 1761 ) was a scholar and poet .
Life
Michael Richey studied theology , science , mathematics and history in Wittenberg . At the end of 1699 he received a master's degree in philosophy. On September 10, 1704 he took up his post as rector of the Athenaeum Stade . In July 1712 he was forced to leave Stade due to the plague and a possible siege by Danish troops. In May 1713 he resigned from the post. From 1712 he worked as a scholar in Hamburg. On January 26, 1717 he was elected Professor of Greek and History at the Academic Gymnasium , which he held until his death.
The Richeystraße in the Hamburg district of Barmbek-Nord and the Richeyweg in Stade were named after him.
Create
Richey was a member of the Patriotic Society ("Patriot is a person who is really serious about the best of his country"). From 1724 to 1726 he belonged to the group of authors of the moral weekly Der Patriot published in Hamburg . This publication became an important mouthpiece for the Early Enlightenment in Germany.
He gained particular merit through his studies of the Hamburg dialect ( idioticon Hamburgense or word book, to explain his own Lower Saxon mouth art in and around Hamburg. Hamburg 1743, second edition 1755). Incidentally, Richey created the term “ idioticon ”, which became the standard term for a regional language dictionary over the next hundred years.
In addition, he worked on the Hamburg Library of Historica, The Student Youth brought together for the best (10 vols., Leipzig 1715–1729, together with Philipp Friedrich Hane , Johann Huebner , Johann Albert Fabricius ).
literature
- Max von Waldberg : Richey, Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 436-439.
- Hans Schröder : Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present , Vol. 6, Hamburg 1873, No. 3190 ( online ).
- Robert Naumann (ed.), Friedrich Lorenz Hoffmann : Serapeum: Journal for Library Science, Manuscript Studies and Older Literature, Volume 24, 1863, pp. 369–381 ( online ) and Volume 25, 1864, pp. 13–27 ( online ).
- Johann Georg Meusel : About private libraries and their owners. In: Historisch-literary-bibliographical magazine, vol. 1, Johann Caspar Füesly, Zurich 1788, p. 15 ff. ( Online ).
- Johann Otto Thieß : Attempt of a scholarly history of Hamburg. In alphabetical order. Heroldsche Buchhandlung, Hamburg, 1783, Volume 2, p. 134 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Richey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature in the catalog of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Uwe Bahnsen : The predecessor of “Do you speak Hamburgisch”? DIE WELT , October 6, 2013, accessed October 10, 2013.
proof
- ↑ Jörg Scheibe: The "Patriot" (1724-1726) and his audience .
- ↑ Walter Haas (Ed.): Provincial Words. German Idiotism Collections of the 18th Century. Berlin / New York 1994, pp. XXV ff.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Richey, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richeius, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German scholar |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1678 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1761 |
Place of death | Hamburg |