Ulrich Justus Hermann Becker

Ulrich Justus Hermann Becker , actually Ulrich Becker , also Ulrich Justus Becker u. a. m. (Born June 26, 1791 in Klein Gievitz ; † October 6, 1843 in Domhof Ratzeburg ) was a German high school teacher .

Life

Ulrich (Justus Hermann) Becker was born as the son of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin estate secretary and councilor Georg Jacob Becker (1761–1826) and his wife, the pastor's daughter Christine Magdalena, nee. Beckmann (1766-1850), born. After attending the Carolinum grammar school in Neustrelitz , he studied Protestant theology and philology at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Universität Jena from 1809 . He became a member of the Mecklenburg Corps Vandalia Heidelberg (1810) and Vandalia Jena (1810).

To the Dr. phil. after receiving his doctorate , he was a teacher at the Fellenberg Institute in Hofwyl in the Swiss canton of Bern from 1814 . In 1818 he went to the Ratzeburg Cathedral School as a teacher and became its prorector in 1819. A high school professor , characterized since 1830 , he held the post of rector as the successor to Karl Friedrich Ludwig Arndt from 1839 until his death .

In 1835, Becker was one of the founding members of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . He had been friends with the landowner and politician Carl von Behr-Negendank since his school days in Neustrelitz . He died on the Ratzeburg cathedral peninsula, which belongs to Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His grave is in the cemetery at the Ratzeburg Cathedral .

Ulrich Becker was with Mathilde, geb. Hufeland, daughter of Gottlieb Hufeland , married. The marriage resulted in nine children, including the pastor Eberhard Becker (1823-1897), the ophthalmologist Otto Becker (1828-1890) and the engineer and railway operations director Bernhard Becker (1829-1913).

Publications

About love for the country , 1839
Saint Ansverus, abbot of the Ratzeburg monastery , 1841
Letters from the student and teacher days 1809-1818 (edited by his son Bernhard)
Ulrich Justus Hermann Becker and his family , 1897

Individual evidence

↑ The literature knows him under the most varied combinations of his baptismal names
↑ In contrast to his brothers, his matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal is not verifiable
↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910, 185 , 27; 122 , 24; 130 , 10; his membership of the Corps Vandalia Rostock is not proven; see: Erich Bauer , FA Pietzsch: Criticals on the early history of the Göttingen and Heidelberg Vandalia in Einst und Jetzt Volume 10 (1965), pp. 108–124 (p. 122 No. 1)

literature

Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 676 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Becker, Ulrich Justus Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Becker, Ulrich (real name); Becker, Ulrich Justus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH	Little Gievitz
DATE OF DEATH	October 6, 1843
Place of death	Ratzeburg (Domhof)

[1] The literature knows him under the most varied combinations of his baptismal names

[2] In contrast to his brothers, his matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal is not verifiable

[3] Kösener Corps lists 1910, 185 , 27; 122 , 24; 130 , 10; his membership of the Corps Vandalia Rostock is not proven; see: Erich Bauer , FA Pietzsch: Criticals on the early history of the Göttingen and Heidelberg Vandalia in Einst und Jetzt Volume 10 (1965), pp. 108–124 (p. 122 No. 1)