Samuel Heinrich Catel
Samuel Heinrich Catel (born April 1, 1758 in Halberstadt , † June 29, 1838 in Berlin ) was a German preacher and educator of French origin.
Life
Catel was of Huguenot descent, his ancestor Daniel Catel from Sedan, Ardennes, France came to Berlin around 1688. He is distantly related to the artists Franz Ludwig and Ludwig Catel .
After studying at a seminary , Catel was appointed as a preacher in Strasburg (Uckermark) in 1778 . He stayed there until spring 1781 and then moved to the same office in Brandenburg an der Havel . After two years he came to the French community in Berlin as a catechist in 1783 .
In the spring of 1793, Catel was appointed to the French grammar school in Berlin and he worked there until his retirement as a professor of the Greek language . Politically active, he became a member of the editorial board of the Berliner Politische Zeitung in 1803 . In addition, over the years he created a considerable amount of work as a translator.
Catel died on June 29, 1838 at the age of 80 and found his final resting place in the French cemetery in Berlin.
Works (selection)
- Translations
- Ange E. Poisson de Lachabeaussière: La Morale de la Raison . Lagarde Publishing House, Berlin 1798.
- Bion of Smyrna a . a .: Bion, Moschos , Anakreon and Sapho . Libau Verlag, Berlin 1787.
- Wilhelmine Karoline von Wobeser : Elise ou le modèle des femmes. Roman morale ("Elisa or the woman as it should be"). Verlag Gräff, Leipzig 1789.
- Joachim Heinrich Campe : Le Nouveau Robinson . ("Robinson the Younger"). Verlag Gräff, Leipzig 1810.
literature
- Friedrich August Eckstein : Nomenclator philologorum . Olms, Hildesheim 1966 (reprint of the Leipzig edition 1871).
- Carlo Giovanni Maria Denina: La Prusse littéraire sous Frédéric II. Ou histoire abrégée de la plupart des auteurs, des académiciens et des artistes qui sont nés ou qui ont vécu dans les états Prussiens depuis 1740 jusqu 'à 1786 . Rottmann Verlag, Berlin 1790 (3 volumes, here especially volume 1).
- Friedrich W. Schmidt: The latest learned Berlin or literary news from living Berlin writers . Central antiquariat of the GDR, Leipzig 1973 (reprint of the Berlin 1795 edition).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Catel, Samuel Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German preacher and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halberstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1838 |
| Place of death | Berlin |