Paul Möbius (pedagogue)
Paul Heinrich August Möbius (born May 31, 1825 in Leipzig , † June 8, 1889 in Friedrichroda ) was a German writer and educator .
Life
Paul Möbius was born in Leipzig in 1825 as the son of the astronomer and mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius . His older brother was the Germanist Theodor Möbius . He studied at the First Citizens' School and the Nikolaischule in Leipzig. From 1844 to 1848 he studied theology , philosophy and philology at the University of Leipzig and Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . He received his PhD in 1847 for Dr. phil.
From 1848 to 1865 he worked as a teacher at the Thomas School in Leipzig . In 1849 he became a university vesperer. In 1853 he became director of the German Booksellers College in Leipzig and in 1865 of the First Citizens' School. Afterwards he became seminar director and general school inspector of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
In 1850 he married Julie Marezoll, a daughter of Prof. Theodor Marezoll in Leipzig. Of the five children that emerged from this marriage, only two sons survived the father: the botanist Martin Möbius and the doctor Paul Julius Möbius .
In 1874 he received the Ducal Saxon-Ernestine House Order and in 1889 the Knight's Cross .
literature
- Max Berbig : Möbius, Paul . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 429 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Sachse, Karl Ramshorn, Reinhart Herz: The teachers of the Thomasschule in Leipzig 1832-1912. The high school graduates of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1845–1912 . BG Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1912, p. 10.
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| SURNAME | Möbius, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Möbius, Paul Heinrich August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1889 |
| Place of death | Friedrichroda |