Wilhelm Volck
Johann Christoph Wilhelm Volck (born November 18, 1835 in Nuremberg ; † May 29, 1904 in Rostock ) was a German theologian and university professor in Dorpat , most recently at the University of Rostock.
Life
Wilhelm Volck was the seventh of 13 children of Andreas Volck (1800–1888). His father owned a vinegar factory and was close to Wilhelm Löhe , who became his godfather. He studied philology and theology at the University of Erlangen from 1853 to 1857 and completed both courses with a doctorate. During his studies in 1853 he became a member of the Christian student union Uttenruthia . Volck studied Semitic philology at the University of Leipzig in 1858/59 . After completing his doctorate, he first became a private lecturer in Erlangen in 1861. In 1862/63 he became a lecturer at the University of Dorpat , in 1863/64 he was an associate professor, and from 1864 to 1898 he was a full professor of Semitic languages at the theological faculty of the University of Dorpat and was repeatedly its dean. During his time in Dorpater, he was a co-founder of a private high school in Dorpat, where he was also a Latin teacher. In the course of the Russification of the university he left Dorpat and was a full honorary professor at the University of Greifswald from 1898 to 1900 . From 1900 until his death in 1904 he taught the exegetics of the Old Testament as a full professor of theology at the University of Rostock and was again temporarily dean of the theological faculty.
He was the father of the lawyer and national author Adalbert Volck (1868–1948), the adventurer and writer Herbert Volck was his grandson. Adalbert J. Volck and Friedrich Volck were Wilhelm Volck's older brothers.
Fonts (selection)
- Mosis canticum cygneum (Deuter. C. XXXII.) Denuo illustratum dissertatio ... publicem defendam , Beck, Nördlingen 1861 (dissertation).
- Holy Scriptures and Criticism , Erlangen 1897.
- On the battle for the Bible and Babel , Rostock 1903.
- At the heights of the church year: selected celebratory sermons. Published by Viktor Wittrock , Jurjev (Dorpat): Krüger 1905.
Honors
- 1870: Dr. theol. hc. of the University of Erlangen
- Real Council of State
literature
- Adolf Köberle : Volck, Wilhelm : In: Realenzyklopädie für Protestantische Theologie und Kirche , third edition, volume 20, Leipzig 1908, pp. 730-733.
- Wilhelm Lenz ( arrangement ): Album Livonorum . Lübeck 1972. No. 1105.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry to Wilhelm Volck. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Literature about Wilhelm Volck in the state bibliography MV
- Entry on Wilhelm Volck in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- Works by and about Wilhelm Volck in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Genealogy at the Merkel Foundation, Nuremberg
- ↑ Doctorate in 1859: Dr. phil., Univ. Gain; Doctorate 1861: Lic. Theol., Univ. gain
- ^ Leopold Petri (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. Fourth edition, Bremerhaven 1908, p. 167, no.542.
- ^ Entry Wilhelm Volck in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volck, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Volck, Johann Christoph Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1904 |
| Place of death | Rostock |