Schack Hermann Ewald
Schack Hermann Ewald (* February 6, 1745 in Gotha ; † May 5, 1822 there ) was a German court official and publicist.
Life
Schack (= Jacques) Ewald studied law at the University of Erfurt . From 1769 he was a lawyer in Gotha. At the beginning of May 1772 he went to Göttingen as court master with a student; There he became a member of the Göttingen Hainbund , founded on September 12, 1772 , whose members he "seems to have been personally worthy of, although they expressed themselves very derogatory about the odes he published in 1772". At the beginning of October 1772 he went back to Gotha after a farewell festival described by Johann Heinrich Voss - with a toast against Christoph Martin Wieland . There he became registrar at the court marshal's office in 1780, court marshal's office secretary in 1784, court secretary in 1798, and in 1803 Saxon-Gotha councilor. He was editor of the Gothaische Gelehrten-Zeitung from 1774 to 1804.
On the birthday of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , July 2, 1773, Ewald initiated a book burning of Wieland's works.
Since August 31, 1778 he was a member of the Gotha Masonic Lodge Zum Rautenkranz or Zum Compaß . In January 1786 he was listed under the name of the order ' Cassiodor ' in the Illuminati League as 'Illuminatus major'. He remained an active member of the Gotha lodges and wrote a. a. Eleusis, on the origin and purpose of the ancient mysteries (Gotha 1819) as well as Masonic songs and a manuscript on the history of the older Gotha lodges.
Schack Hermann Ewald died on May 5, 1822 in Gotha at the age of 77.
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Handbook of Freemasonry, 3rd edition, Vol. I, p. 271
- ↑ H. Schüttler, "The Members of the Illuminati" p. 50
Works
- Oden (1772)
- About the human heart; a contribution to the characteristics of mankind (anonymous), Erfurt 1784
literature
- Max Berbig : Schack Hermann Ewald: a contribution to the history of the Hainbund In: Communications of the Association for Gotha History and Antiquity Research 1903, pp. 88–111 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Creizenach , Albert Schumann: Ewald, Schack Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 446.
Web links
- Literature by and about Schack Hermann Ewald in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ewald, Schack Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German court official and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1745 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gotha |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1822 |
| Place of death | Gotha |