Theodor Struve

Theodor Struve (* May 24, 1816 in Flensburg ; † December 22, 1885 ^July / January 3,  1886 ^greg. In Riga ) was a German philologist and educator in Russian service.

Life

After the death of his father , Struve was adopted by his uncle, the doctor Ludwig August Struve . When his uncle died in 1828, Struve settled with his other uncle, the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve in Dorpat .

In 1832, at the age of 16, he began to study classical philology there. In 1836 he moved to the University of Königsberg . After his successful graduation he got a job as a teacher at the grammar school in Dorpat in 1839. After a few years he was transferred to the high school in Kazan .

By the way and did research Struve continued to study and was able to in 1846 at the University of Saint Petersburg to Dr. phil. PhD . He then returned to Kazan as a lecturer and was promoted to associate professor six years later . In 1855 he was appointed full professor . During these years Struve taught Latin (language and literature); later he also took over the subject of Greek .

From 1862 he was again active as a lecturer in Dorpat and was transferred from there three years later to the University of Odessa as a professor of Greek language . In addition to his work there as a teacher, he was entrusted with the coin cabinet of the university. In 1870 Struve was called back to St. Petersburg and handed over the management of the classical grammar school to him.

About five years later Theodor Struve resigned from all offices and retired. He settled in Riga and died there on January 3, 1886 at the age of 69.

literature

• Ludwig Stieda :  Struve, Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 691-693.

Web links

• Album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat , Dorpat 1889
• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Theodor Struve. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital