Peter Friedrich Kanngießer
Peter Friedrich Kanngießer (born May 3, 1774 in Glindenberg ; † April 7, 1833 in Greifswald ) was a German historian , poet and university professor.
Life
Kanngießer studied in Halle (Saale) . From 1799 he was a teacher at the school in Bunzlau and from 1805 professor for Greek and Roman literature at the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau . Kanngießer was known as a friend of the family with Karl von Holtei , whom he assisted in catching up on his Abitur in 1817. He completed his habilitation in 1814 as a private lecturer at the University of Breslau and in 1817 was appointed full professor of history at the University of Greifswald .
In Greifswald he turned to special Pomeranian history and antiquity. In 1821 Kanngießer was elected rector of the university.
Works
- The palm grove . Breslau 1805 ( e-copy )
- Tataris, or the liberated Silesia, in 18 songs . 1811
- Odes . 2 volumes 1814
- Outline of antiquity . Hall 1815 ( e-copy )
- The old comic stage in Athens . Breslau 1817 ( e-copy )
- Messages from Greifswald and Pomerania . 1821
- History of Pomerania up to the year 1129 . Volume 1: History of the Pomeranian Conversion to Christianity , Greifswald 1824 ( E-Copy )
- The history of Procopius of Caesarea in his time . 4 volumes, Greifswald 1827–1831
See also
literature
- Theodor Pyl : Kanngießer, Peter Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 79 f.
- Michael Sachs: 'Prince-Bishop and Vagabond'. The story of a friendship between the Prince-Bishop of Breslau Heinrich Förster (1799–1881) and the writer and actor Karl von Holtei (1798–1880). Edited textually based on the original Holteis manuscript. In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 35, 2016 (2018), pp. 223–291, here: pp. 279 f.
Web link
- Zygmunt Szultka: Professor Peter Friedrich Kanngiesser- zapomniany badaczsłowiańszczyzny i kaszubszczyzny . In: Acta Cassubiana Volume 6 (2004), pp. 51-61.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig Julius Caspar Mende | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1821 |
Johann Karl Fischer |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kanngießer, Peter Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, poet and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glindenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1833 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |