Rudolf Dietsch

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Heinrich Rudolf Dietsch (born March 16, 1814 in Mylau (Vogtland), † December 29, 1875 in Stötteritz ) was a German philologist , historian and educator.

Grave tablets from the former Teubner-Dietsch family grave in the New Johannisfriedhof , now: Lapidarium Alter Johannisfriedhof , Leipzig

Life

Dietsch lost his father, who was the director of a factory in Mylau, at the age of four. In a difficult financial situation, his mother moved to Reichenbach , where Dietsch attended school. In 1824 he moved to the grammar school in Zeitz and in 1832 began to study classical philology at the University of Leipzig . At that time Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann was his most formative teacher. In addition, he attended the lectures on Roman and Greek antiquities with Ernst Wilhelm Gottfried Wachsmuth and the lectures on Athenian constitutional history and the history of ancient rhetoric with Anton Westermann . In 1836 he moved to the University of Halle-Wittenberg , where he was accepted into the educational seminar. Here he dealt with the history of philosophy with Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Hinrichs , the Greek literary history and Aristotle poetics with Gottfried Bernhardy and the more recent history with Heinrich Leo .

As early as Easter 1836 he became an assistant teacher at the Latin school of the orphanage in Halle and at the beginning of 1837 he switched to teaching at the grammar school in Hildburghausen . After Dietsch had obtained his doctorate in philosophy in Leipzig in 1840, he was appointed the ninth senior teacher at the Saxon state school St. Augustin in Grimma on May 20, 1840 , a task that he took over on August 10 that year. Because of his post he rose to the seventh senior teacher in 1842, became sixth professor in 1846, fifth professor in 1850 and fourth professor in 1860. On October 8, 1861 he became director of the grammar school and the associated secondary school in Plauen and on May 28, 1866 rector and first professor in Grimma. As such, he became a knight of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne in 1864, and from 1848 to 1862 he was co-editor of Jahn's yearbooks for philology and education for many years . In 1872 he retired and died on December 29, 1875 in the insane asylum in Stötteritz near Leipzig.

Of his philological achievements, the editions of Eutropius (historian) , Herodotus , Cicero's selected letters, Cornelius Nepos are of no particular value; those of Sallust are more important (Leipz. 1843–46, 2 volumes; new review 1859; text edition, 4th ed. 1874; Catiline with notes, 1864). However, he is best known for his history books: the textbook of history (3 volumes, Leipzig 1847–51 and more often), the floor plan of history (Leipzig 1854, 3 parts .; 9th edition, edited by G. Richter, 1883 ff.) and the outline of Brandenburg-Prussian history (5th edition, Leipzig 1882).

On May 23, 1839 Dietsch married Bianca, the daughter of the Leipzig publisher Benedikt Gotthelf Teubner.

Works (selection)

  • Tales from old German history. Exercises to translate from German into Latin with a special focus on Cornelius Nepos. Hall 1841, Hall 1853.
  • Exercise book for translating from German into Latin. Hall 1841, Volume 2.
  • Sallusti Catalina et Jugurtha. Aliorum suisque notis illustr. Leipzig 1843, Teubner, 2nd volumes.
  • The life of Duke Albrecht the Courageous. Grimma 1843.
  • Sallusti Catalina et Jugurtha. Aliorum suisque notis illustr. School edition. Leipzig 1843, edition 4 1868.
  • Description of the celebration of the Albrechts Festival in Grimma on July 27, 1843. Grimma 1843 (anonymous).
  • Observationes criticae in C. Salustii Crispi Jugurthae partem extremam. Grimma 1845 ( books.google.de ).
  • Textbook of history for the upper classes of high schools and for self-study. Leipzig 1847–1851, 3rd part, 2nd edition 1861–66, 2nd part 1850 ( books.google.de ); 3rd part 1851 ( books.google.de ), 1st part 1884 ( gei-digital.gei.de ).
  • The time before the birth of Christ. Leipzig 1847.
  • Report on the second meeting of Saxon high school teachers in Meissen on 28.-30. December 1848. 1849.
  • Cornelius Nepos. Hand issue. Leipzig 1850.
  • Herodoti historiae libri IX. Leipzig 1850, 2nd volumes; 2nd ed. 1864–1866, (1st volume books.google.de ).
  • Outline of the story for the upper grammar school classes. Leipzig 1854, 3rd parts, several ed. 3rd volume 1854 ( books.google.de ).
  • General story plan for the upper high school classes (parts 1-3). Teubner, Leipzig 1860–1872 ( gei-digital.gei.de ).
  • Theologumenon Vergilianorum particula. Grimma 1853 ( books.google.de ).
  • Experiment on Thucydides. Leipzig 1856 ( books.google.de ), 1858.
  • Books about the Catilinarian Conspiracy and the Yugurthin War, along with selected fragments from the histories. Metzler, 1858.
  • Outline of the Brandenburg-Prussian history. With 3rd cards. 1858, 1860, 4th ed. 1870.
  • Sallusti Catalina et Jugurtha. Aliorum suisque notis illustr. Editio major. Leipzig 1859, 2 volumes.
  • Gai Sallusti Crispi quae supersunt. 1859, Volume 2, ( books.google.de )
  • M. Tullii Ciceronis epistolae selectae. Leipzig 1860 ( books.google.de ), 1866.
  • The history of the Orient and Greece. Leipzig 1860.
  • Eutropii breviarum historiae romanae. Leipzig 1867 2nd edition ( books.google.de - the 1st edition was obtained by Baumgarten-Crusius).
  • Gai Sallusti Crispi libri de Catilinae coniuratione et de bello Jugurthino, Accedunt Orationes et epistulae ex historiis excerptae. Leipzig 1867 ( books.google.de ).

literature

  • Friedrich August Eckstein :  Dietsch, Heinrich Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 205-208.
  • General German real encyclopedia for the educated classes. Verlag FA Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1865, 11th edition, 5th volume, p. 362, ( books.google.de ).
  • Wilhelm Haan : Heinrich Rudolph Dietsch . In: Saxon Writer's Lexicon . Robert Schaefer's Verlag, Leipzig 1875, pp. 49-50.
  • In memory of Rudolph Dietsch. In: Alfred Fleckeisen, Hermann Masius: New year books for philology and pedagogy. Verlag Teubner, Leipzig, 1876, 2nd section, 22nd year, Volume 114, pp. 110-119.
  • Wolfgang Jacobmeyer : The German school history book 1700-1945. The first epoch of its genre history as reflected in the forewords. Lit Verlag, Berlin, 2011, ISBN 978-3-643-11418-1 , p. 692.
  • Franz Kössler: Personal encyclopedia of 19th century teachers: professional biographies from school annual reports and school programs 1825 - 1918 with lists of publications. Giessen University Library, Giessen Electronic Library, Preprint, 2008, ( geb.uni-giessen.de ).

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personal data
SURNAME Dietsch, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist, historian and educator
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Mylau (Vogtland)
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1875
Place of death Stötteritz