Theodor Piderit

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Theodor Piderit (born September 15, 1826 in Detmold ; † January 24, 1912 there ) was a German writer .

Life

Piderit studied medicine in Göttingen, Heidelberg and Berlin since 1846. Since 1847 he was a member of the Corps Saxonia Göttingen . Driven by the political situation in the Vormärz , Piderit went to Valparaíso , where he worked as a doctor for a long time. From 1863 he lived again as a writer in Detmold and Bielefeld.

Piderit has reported several times about his journey and his time as a general practitioner in Valparaíso. For example, in the book From Bremerhafen to Valparaiso, written in diary form . September 21, 1850 - January 15, 1851 and in things experienced and imagined from old and new times . Here he talks about his trip through Panama, New Orleans, Baltimore and Boston to a stopover in his hometown Detmold and Bielefeld where he married Anna Rose on September 1, 1860. The painter Theodor Mintrop recorded this relationship in drawings The Album for Minna . The letters sent from Sütterlin to his father from Valparaíso complete his picture of the young doctor abroad in the post-March . It also becomes clear here why he was drawn back to his native Detmold with his wife and children in 1863.

Works (selection)

As an author, he has distinguished himself by name in the field of facial expressions and physiognomics :

  • Principles of facial expressions and physiognomics (Braunschweig 1858)
  • Scientific system of facial expressions and physiognomics (Detmold 1867 ( ULB Münster )) and
  • Facial expressions and physiognomics (Detmold 1867, 2nd edition Detmold 1886 ( ULB Münster ))

He also published:

  • Brain and Spirit (Leipzig 1863)
  • The theory of happiness (Leipzig 1867)
  • Curious stories (Berlin 1872)
  • Mister Williamsman , Comedy (Leipzig 1875)

Drama:

  • Schön Rotraut (Detmold 1874)
  • Charlotte von Wolfenbüttel (Leipzig 1876)
  • The Städinger , Trauerspiel (the latter three collected as stage seals , 2nd edition, north 1882).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 45 , 36
  2. ^ Margret Rose: Theodor Mintrop, Das Album für Minna, Bielefeld, 2003.
  3. ^ Theodor Piderit, Letters from Valparaíso (1851 - 1859), edited and commented by Ernst Christian Hengstenberg, 2007.
personal data
SURNAME Piderit, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Detmold
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1912
Place of death Detmold