Wilhelm Crecelius (historian)

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The grave of Wilhelm Crecelius in the Lutheran Hochstrasse cemetery in Wuppertal-Elberfeld.

Wilhelm Crecelius (born May 18, 1828 in Hungen , † December 13, 1889 in Elberfeld ) was a German high school teacher and historian . He dealt with the history of the Bergisches Land and the Low German language research.

From 1854 to 1856 he worked as a teacher at the Blockmann'schen Erziehungsanstalt in Dresden .

From 1863, initially together with the grammar school director Karl Wilhelm Bouterwek , after his death in 1868 he was sole editor of the magazine of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , a series of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein in which he had taken on other functions. The Crecelius Medal , so named in memory of the services of the pedagogue and historian, is the highest distinction awarded by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein.

Fonts (selection)

  • The seven liberal arts. In: AnzfKdVz. New series 4, 1856, No. 9, column 273 f. and 303-305.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Bäumker :  Crecelius, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 541-544.
  2. ↑ In memory of Professor Dr. Wilhelm Crecelius. Obituaries, necrology and index of its writings. Published by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein. Elberfeld 1890. - Elberfeld high school, report on the school year 1889–1890 by the director Professor Scheibe. Elberfeld 1890

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personal data
SURNAME Crecelius, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German high school teacher and historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Hunger
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1889
Place of death Elberfeld