Richard Gropius
Richard Gropius (born May 8, 1843 in Schweidnitz , Province of Silesia , † May 26, 1930 in Weilburg ) was a German teacher, homeland researcher and family researcher.
Life
He came from the family of scholars Gropius and was the son of the senior public prosecutor Hans Gropius, who died in Naumburg (Saale) . After attending the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau and the Domgymnasium in Naumburg, Gropius studied philology in Tübingen, Heidelberg, Bonn and Halle. From 1868 to 1869 he attended the college in Halle (Saale) . He became a teacher (after a successful extension examination in 1884, senior teacher) at the grammar school in Weilburg, where he worked until his retirement and in 1893 received the title of professor. In Weilburg he was in charge of the grammar school library from 1879 to 1891, about which he also published.
As a genealogist, he researched the history of the Gropius family.
He was married to Charlotte, born Wöhner.
Their son Hans Gropius (born May 20, 1883 in Weilburg) became a lieutenant captain and fell in the Indian Ocean on November 9, 1914 during the First World War.
Works (selection)
- The older manuscripts of the grammar school library in Weilburg , 1885
- Related reading pieces for practicing the regular theory of forms in the Attic dialect , 1892
- Genealogy of the Gropius family . Görlitz 1905, 2nd edition 1919 digitized
- Official report on the millennium of Weilburg in 1906 , Weilburg in 1907
literature
- German gender book. Genealogisches Handbuch Burgerlicher Familien , Vol. 160, 1972, p. 241.
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| SURNAME | Gropius, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher, homeland and genealogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schweidnitz , Province of Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1930 |
| Place of death | Weilburg |