Christian Jagemann ( German: Christian Joseph Jagemann , 1735 - 1804 ) - German historian of literature.
| Christian Jagemann | |
|---|---|
| him. Christian Joseph Jagemann | |
 Christian Jagemann (1735–1804), famous German literary historian. Engraving, 1790 | |
| Date of Birth | 1735 |
| Place of Birth | Dingelstedt |
| Date of death | February 5, 1804 |
| Place of death | Weimar |
| A country |  Germany |
| Scientific field | history of literature |
Biography
He was a monk in Constance , fled from there and was engaged in teaching for several years; then he returned to his homeland and was sent to repentance in Rome . In Florence, he thoroughly studied Italian literature. Upon his return to Germany, he was for some time the director of the Catholic gymnasium in Erfurt , and since 1775, the librarian of the Duchess Anna Amalie in Weimar . Here he left monasticism, converted to Protestantism and got married. In his Geschichte der freien Künste und Wissenschaften in Italien (Leipzig, 1777-1781; revision of Tiraboski 's Storia della litteratura italiana ) he introduced the Germans to Italian literature. For the same purpose, he published Magazin der ital. Litteratur und Künste ”(Weimar and Halle, 1780 - 1785 ). He also owns the translation of Dante's “ Hell ” into German . [one]
Children
- Carolina Jageman (1777-1848) - a tragic actress and singer.
- Ferdinand Jageman (1780-1820) - artist, student of the Weimar court artist Georg Melchior Kraus .
- Marianne - in 1806-1815 the wife of the embassy adviser Adolf von Dankelman .
Notes
- ↑ Jagemann, Christian // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Jagemann, Christian // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Reinhold Köhler: Jagemann, Christian Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, S. 642 f.