Samuel Gottlieb Lange
Samuel Gottlieb Lange (born April 5, 1767 in Ohra near Danzig ; † June 15, 1823 in Rostock ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, preacher and professor of theology at the University of Rostock.
Life
Samuel Gottlieb Lange was the son of the preacher Gottlieb Lange († 1802), later first deacon at the Danzig Trinity Church . After attending grammar school in Danzig, he studied theology, philology, philosophy and history for three years in Jena and then returned to his hometown. For health reasons, he returned to Jena in 1795, where he completed his habilitation and gave lectures on theology and philosophy as a private lecturer. In the same year he became an adjunct at the philosophical faculty, in 1796 associate professor of philosophy and in 1798 associate professor of theology.
In 1798 he followed the call of a full professor of Old Testament theology at the University of Rostock . In addition, he was preacher at the local hospital church to the Holy Spirit as the successor of Joachim Heinrich Pries the Elder J. (1747-1796). On May 10, 1799 he was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD. He was dean of the theological faculty several times and rector of the university in 1820/21. He was also a member of the Rostock Masonic Lodge Temple of Truth. For a long time he remained unmarried, he died after a serious illness at the age of 57.
“Around 1810 he conducted such a polemic in the newspaper [Freimüthiges Abendblatt] against Prof. […] in the matter of Freemasonry that the Grand Duke issued a rescript that Prof. Lange, when the rector's rotation came to him to be skipped next time in the election. "
Works (selection)
- Attempt at an apology for revelation. 1794
- Beginnings of Philosophy on the Human Soul. (2 volumes, translated from English and provided with a preface) Maurer, Berlin 1794
- Dissertatio Historico-Critica In Qua Justini Martyris Apologia Prima Pro Christianis Ad Antonium Pium Sub Examen Vocatur. 1 and 2, Mauk, Jena 1795
- Detailed history of the dogmas or doctrines of the Christian Church, elaborated according to the Church Fathers. Fleischer, Leipzig 1796
- System of theological morality . 1801
- That the inhabitants of Rostock owe all their might to support the new poor order . 1803
- Information about Mr. Baccalaureus and Magister, also Preacher Tarnow in Rostock . 1806
literature
- Samuel Gottlieb Lange . In: Friedrich August Schmidt (Ed.): New Nekrolog der Deutschen . tape 1-2 . Voigt, Ilmenau 1824, p. 840-842 ( online ).
- Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Volume J-M. Wagner, Neustadt ad Orla 1832, p. 263-265 ( books.google.de ).
- Bernhard Pünjer : Lange, Samuel Gottlieb . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 653.
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 5656 .
Web links
- Samuel Gottlieb Lange in the German Biography (ADB)
- Literature about Samuel Gottlieb Lange in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Samuel Gottlieb Lange in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry on Samuel Gottlieb Lange in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- ^ Matriculation 1798/1799 in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ^ Gustav Willgeroth : The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. Volume 3. Self-published, Wismar 1925, p. 1456
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lange, Samuel Gottlieb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lange, Samuel Gottlob; Lange, Samuel Theophil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian and preacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ohra near Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1823 |
| Place of death | Rostock |