Philipp Julius Lieberkühn

Philipp Julius Lieberkühn (* August 1754 in Wusterhausen / Dosse ; † April 1, 1788 in Breslau ) was a German educator and writer.

Life

Lieberkühn completed his school days in Neu-Ruppin . At the age of 17 he began to study philology , French and English at the University of Halle in 1771 . He also took private music lessons. In the summer of 1776 Lieberkühn returned to Neu-Ruppin and got a job as a tutor for the family of Justice Councilor Nöldechen. When the Latin school there was restructured the following year , Lieberkühn - together with Johann Stuve - was entrusted with the management.

During this time, Lieberkühn had already rejected calls to Halberstadt and Halle (Saale) . During this time the Padua Scientific Academy offered a prize for answering the question “What are the best means of acquiring and maintaining philanthropy in the hearts of young people destined to be dignified or destined to have great wealth? ". Lieberkühn participated and his paper was awarded a prize.

When the rector of St. Elisabet-Gymnasium in Breslau, Johann Caspar Arletius, died in early 1784 , Lieberkühn accepted the offer to become his successor. With effect from July 1, 1784, he began his service, but he was already suffering from a persistent breast ailment.

Lieberkühn died at the age of almost 34 on April 1, 1788 in Breslau and found his final resting place in a cemetery there.

reception

In addition to his books, Lieberkühn regularly published articles in magazines such as the Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung or Schlesische Provinzialblätter (mostly in the feature pages ). When his friend Johann Heinrich Campe translated Daniel Defoe's novel " Robinson Crusoe " from English, Lieberkühn took this as an opportunity to write a student-friendly edition in Latin.

Works

as an author

• Attempt on intuitive knowledge as a contribution to the theory of teaching . Züllichau 1783.
• Friedrich Gedike (Ed.): Small writings . Frommann, Züllichau 1791.

as translator

• Johann Heinrich Campe : Robinson the Younger (from German to Latin transl.)

literature

• Karl Ritter von Halm:  Lieberkühn, Philipp Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 577 f.
• Bernd Platzdasch: Philipp Julius Lieberkühn (1754–1788). Sketch of his life and work, Heidelberg 2012

Web links

• Works by and about Philipp Julius Lieberkühn  in the German Digital Library