Philipp Heinrich Welcker

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Philipp Heinrich Welcker (born June 24, 1794 in Georgenthal , † June 8, 1871 in Gotha ) was a German writer .

Life

Born as the son of a ducal court attorney, he attended a school in Georgenthal and took private lessons from the pastor . He attended high school in Gotha and then studied law , alongside philology and literary history , in Jena . During his studies he became a member of the original fraternity in 1815 . Without a legal exam he left the university in 1816 and studied literature and poetics in Georgenthal for three years . In 1817 he took part in the Wartburg Festival. In 1820 he became a collaborator teacher at the illustrious grammar school in Gotha. He gave classes in Latin , German and natural sciences . In the ducal natural history cabinet in Gotha he became administrator in 1843 and later transferred to the ducal library in Gotha with the title of professor as secretary .

Publications (selection)

  • The new prince. To the people. Gotha 1826.
  • Thuringian songs. Gotha 1831. ( Online )
  • Houses. A lyric poem. Gotha 1835. ( Online )
  • Germany's resurrection. Freedom songs. Gotha 1849.
  • Latin and German songs. Gotha 1858.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 719-720.
  • Peter Kaupp (edit.): Stamm-Buch of the Jenaische Burschenschaft. The members of the original fraternity 1815-1819 (= treatises on student and higher education. Vol. 14). SH-Verlag, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-89498-156-3 , p. 57.

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personal data
SURNAME Welcker, Philipp Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Georgenthal
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1871
Place of death Gotha