Theodor Schott (librarian)

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Theodor Friedrich Schott (born December 16, 1835 in Esslingen , † March 18, 1899 ) was a German Protestant theologian, librarian and church historian.

Life

Both Theodor Schott's father, a pupil counselor, and his mother, née Kapff, came from respected families of civil servants and theologians in Old Württemberg. Theodor received his first humanistic training at the pedagogy of his hometown and was then accepted into the lower evangelical seminary in Blaubeuren . From 1853 he studied philosophy and then theology at the Tübingen monastery , which was to shape his attitude. As a student he joined the religiously and politically very conservative association Staufia . After successfully passing his exam, he worked for two years as a vicar in Bopfingen in the Württemberg Oberamt Neresheim and Köngen in the Oberamt Eßlingen. In 1859 he became a teacher at the Hofwil educational institution near Bern, which was very respected at the time , and there he also began to work scientifically. In 1861 he stayed in Paris for three months, where he laid the foundation for his knowledge of the history of the French Reformation . After his return he temporarily took the office of parish vicar in Neuhausen ad Erms in the Oberamt Urach. Then he switched to the Stuttgart grammar school as a religion teacher and in the spring of 1867 he was given the parish in the Stuttgart suburb of Berg , an office which he pursued with devotion. In addition, he devoted his care to primary schools and taught for many years the Grand Duchess Wera of Russia , the adopted daughter of Queen Olga of Württemberg . In Berg he married Klotilde Elben, the daughter of a Stuttgart medical councilor, and the couple had a son.

In 1873 Schott became a professor, succeeding the late Christoph Friedrich von Stälin, and became a librarian at the royal public library, the current state library in Stuttgart, where he remained for the rest of his professional life. The two main tasks that he mastered here , in addition to keeping the bookseller's book , were the revision of the extensive biblical collection and the preparation of a thirteen-volume subject catalog of church history. After moving to the new building in 1883, he was also given the task of advising the reading public in the catalog room, a task which he pursued with devotion and in which his extensive bibliographical and general knowledge came in handy.

In addition to his professional activity, he was also active as an author of mostly scientific and some literary works. His specialty was the history of the French Reformation, of which he was one of the best German experts. In addition, other church history works, publications from the areas of Württemberg regional studies as well as general history and geography were carried out. In addition to the more scientifically held writings, he also wrote those in which he sought to convey his knowledge to wider circles in a popular form. His various publications are considered easy to understand and written fluently.

As a staunch supporter of Protestantism, Schott was a member of the municipal council of the Stuttgart Hospital Church , was one of the founders of the Association for the History of the Reformation , represented the Gustav Adolf Association on the committee of its Württemberg branch association and was involved in urban poor relief, especially in the association for the boys' day care centers . As a member of parliament, he represented Sulz in 1888 at the fourth Württemberg regional synod. On the occasion of the war in 1870, he founded a medical association in Berg and spoke repeatedly as a keynote speaker on national holidays.

Schott wrote for several compilations and periodicals. Since his time as a teacher in Stuttgart, he worked on the Herzog 's real encyclopedia for Protestant theology and the church , for which he contributed in particular the articles on the history of the Reformation in France. He published his findings on Württemberg history and cultural history in the Württemberg year books for statistics and regional studies , in the Württemberg quarterly books for regional history and in Swabian Merkur , for which he contributed the bibliographical overviews of the Württemberg literature for the respective year. In 1876 he published an extensive study of the Württemberg periodical press in the yearbooks . In 1895 his essay Württemberg and Gustav Adolf appeared in the quarterly journals in 1631 and 1632 . His treatise on Duke Ludwig von Württemberg and the French Protestants from 1568 to 1570 appeared in the commemorative publication on the occasion of the 4th secular celebration in 1877 in the Stuttgart library of the University of Tübingen. He wrote numerous articles for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie , as well as in the Daheim magazine as well as in other family papers. From 1876 he was editor of the General Church Gazette for Protestant Germany .

Since 1876 he had a doctorate in philosophy. He was a full member of the Württemberg Commission for State History . In the spring of 1897, Schott fell ill with influenza , from the consequences of which he was no longer able to recover properly. He died on March 18, 1899.

Honors, awards

  • Silver anniversary medal
  • Imperial war commemorative coin
  • 1885 Awarded the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Württemberg Order of Frederick
  • In 1894 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the theological faculty of the University of Halle .
  • In 1894 he was made an honorary member of the General German Huguenot Association.

Publications (selection)

  • Savonarola. A picture of life from Italy (= German Youth and People's Library No. 33). Stuttgart 1871.
  • as editor, with Ed. Kausler : Correspondence between Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, and Petrus Paulus Vergerius , Library of the Litterarian Society in Stuttgart , CXXIV (Volume 124). Laupp, Tübingen 1875, online at archive.org
  • The Century of Discoveries in Biographies for the Educated Youth , 1875.
  • Columbus and his Weltanschauung: Lecture given at the Stuttgart Commercial Association , Collection of Commonly Understandable Scientific Lectures, No. 308, Habel, Berlin 1878 urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-86520 }.
  • Blucher. A character picture ( collection of lectures for the German people , edited by W. Frommel and Fr. Pfaff, IV, 5). Winter, Heidelberg 1881.
  • Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orleans. A German princess at the French court ( collection of lectures for the German people , edited by W. Frommel and Fr. Pfaff, V, 5). Winter, Heidelberg 1881.
  • (Ed.): Dr. Martin Luther and the German Bible. Ceremony for the Luther anniversary on November 10, 1883, Priv. Württ. Bible Institute, Stuttgart 1883.
  • German princes in the age of the Reformation (lecture), 1884.
  • The repeal of the Edict of Nantes in October 1685 (= publications of the Association for Reformation History No. 10). Niemeyer, Halle 1885 (online at archive.org ).
  • The Church of the Desert 1715 to 1787. The resurgence of French Protestantism in the 18th century (= writings of the Association for Reformation History No. 43/44). Hall 1893 (online in n137  - Internet Archive ).
  • Württemberg and the French in 1688 (= Württemberg New Year's Papers No. 5). Stuttgart 1888.
  • Württemberg and Gustav Adolf 1631 and 1632. In: Württembergische Vierteljahrshefte für Landesgeschichte. Vol. 17 = NF 4, 1896, 1895, pp. 343–402 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official who is responsible for the provision and asset management of orphans. "Pupils" are underage orphans.
  2. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1896. P. 284.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Schott, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schott, Theodor Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, librarian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Esslingen , Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1899