Gregor Wilhelm Nitsch ( German: Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch ; November 22, 1790 , Wittenberg - July 22, 1861 , Leipzig ) - German classical philologist.
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| Place of Birth | Wittenberg |
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| Scientific field | philology |
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| Alma mater | University of Wittenberg |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Works
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Gregor was born in Wittenberg . His father was a Protestant theologian - Karl Ludwig Nitsch ; before the birth of his son, Karl Ludwig was a pastor and superintendent in Born ; and when Gregor was born in 1790, Karl Ludwig became a professor at Wittenberg ; later Karl Ludwig in 1817 was the first director of the Royal Prussian Evangelical Seminary of Theology in Wittenberg . Gregor Wilhelm's mother was Louise Eleanor Gattlieb Wernsdorf ( German: Luise Elenore Gottliebe Wernsdorf ). Gregor Wilhelm's older brothers were Nitsch, Christian Ludwig - a zoologist and Nitsch, Karl Immanuel - a famous Protestant theologian and writer.
Gregor studied at the Pfort Land School from 1806 to 1812, after graduation, Gregor entered the University of Wittenberg to study theology, but in the future Gregor was more interested in classical philology.
During the Sixth Coalition War, Gregor took part in hostilities in Flanders and Northern France, after the end of the war and the demobilization of Gregor, in June 1814, he became a teacher at Wittenberg College. In 1817, Nitsch moved to Zerbst , where at Gymnasium he was a teacher and deputy director - “Conrector” ( Konrektor ). In 1820, Gregor returned as a provost to Wittenberg school. Gregor Wilhelm began publishing his first works on philology, and in 1827 he was invited and became a professor in the department of classical philology and eloquence at Kiel University , where he taught antique literature, and in the same year Gregor became a doctor of philology.
He organized a local seminar with the concept of new Christian humanism and served as inspector in Schleswig-Holstein . In 1837 he joined the Society of Sciences in Göttingen, in 1836 he became a member of the Danish Royal Academy of Sciences . During the 1848 revolution, Nitsch left his membership in the Academy of Sciences and refused the Order of Danebrog , demonstrating his pro-German position, for which the Danish government expelled Nitsch from Kiel University in 1852. In the winter semester of 1852, Nitsch became a professor at the University of Leipzig , where he taught antique literature until his death. Gregor’s son is Nitsch, Karl Wilhelm (1818–1880) is a German historian. Nitsch in his studies studied in detail the structure of the poems of Homer Iliad and Odysseus .
Compositions
- Platonischer Dialog Ion. 1822.
- Quaestiones Homericae. 1824.
- Erklärenden Anmerkungen zu Homers Odyssee. 3 Bände, 1826–1840. Band 2 ; Band 3
- De historia Homeri maximeque de scriptorum carminum aetate meletemata 1830–1837.
- Die Heldensage der Griechen nach ihrer natürlichen Geltung. 1841.
- Die Sagenpoesie der Griechen kritisch dargestellt. 3 Bände, 1852. Band 3
- Betrachtung zur Geschichte der epischen Poesie der Griechen. 1862.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 117023817 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
Links
- Nitsch, the German family // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Wolfhart Unte: Nitzsch, Gregor Wilhelm. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999
- Richard Hoche: Nitzsch, Gregor Wilhelm. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, S. 718-722.