Michael Richey (Scholar)

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Michael Richey

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.

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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 ).

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  1. Jörg Scheibe: The "Patriot" (1724-1726) and his audience .
  2. Walter Haas (Ed.): Provincial Words. German Idiotism Collections of the 18th Century. Berlin / New York 1994, pp. XXV ff.