Ivan Bogdanovich Steinman (1819–1872) is a classical philologist, an ordinary professor at St. Petersburg University , the first director of the Institute of History and Philology .
| Ivan Bogdanovich Steinman | |
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| Date of Birth | January 19, 1819 |
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg |
| Date of death | March 28, 1872 (53 years) |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |
| A country |  Russian empire |
| Scientific field | classical philology |
| Place of work | Main Pedagogical Institute , St. Petersburg University |
| Alma mater | St. Petersburg University (1840) |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Ancient Literature (1851) |
| Known as | first director of the Imperial Institute of History and Philology |
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Biography
In 1840 he graduated from the 1st Department of the Faculty of Philosophy of St. Petersburg University with the title of candidate . He was abroad to improve in ancient philology (1840–1843): in Berlin he attended the lectures of Beck, Franz, Gergard, and Ranke, and in Leipzig , Becker and Gaupt and worked under the guidance of Hermann.
Upon returning to Russia, Steinman received a master ’s degree in Greek and Roman literature from St. Petersburg University in 1845 for his dissertation: “Plutarchi symposiacarum quaestionum ultimam (IX, 15) interpretatus est IF Steinmann”. From the same year began his office teaching activities. First, he was appointed a Latin teacher in the Larinsky gymnasium , then - a teacher of the 2nd St. Petersburg gymnasium (from 1846), where he served for 6 years. In 1847, Steiman was elected and approved by the assistant professor at St. Petersburg University to teach Greek and Roman antiquities. The following year, leaving the Larinsky gymnasium, Steinman was appointed an adjunct at the Main Pedagogical Institute for teaching Greek and Roman literature and at St. Petersburg University in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. He defended his thesis for the degree of the doctor of ancient philology "Quaestiones de derivatione vocabulorum Graecorum" (1851) and was approved by the extraordinary professor of the Main Pedagogical Institute of the Department of Latin Literature at first, taking the place of Freytag , and soon Greek, after Gref . In 1853, he received the title of an ordinary professor of Greek literature and extraordinary in the department of Greek literature and antiquities at St. Petersburg University in the Pedagogical Institute. In 1859, the Main Pedagogical Institute was abolished, and for serving in it Steinman received the title of an ordinary professor at St. Petersburg University. At the institute and university, he commented on his students Strabo, Thucydides, Demosthenes, John Chrysostom, Homer, Euripides, Aeschylus, and Sophocles. Also read courses:
- Greek antiquities and archeology (1847–1848),
- Greek grammar compared with Latin (1848-1849),
- the history of Greek prose to Alexander the Great (1855-1856 and 1858-1860),
- the history of Greek poetry before Alexander the Great (1856–1857 and 1860–1861),
- At various times I read 4 courses of the history of Greek literature.
From October 1, 1862 - with the rank of a state councilor . From July 10, 1863, I. B. Steinman was appointed a member of the Academic Committee , and from December 22, 1867, he was also a member of the Council of the Minister of Public Education [1] .
Steinman’s activities were not limited to teaching at the institute and university. For 10 years (from 1857) he was the director of the main German school at the St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church. As director, he showed himself to be an experienced administrator who significantly revived the activities of the school. In 1867, he was appointed director of the newly opened St. Petersburg Institute of History and Philology , where he also showed his organizational skills. They opened the "Philological" gymnasium at the Institute. At the institute, he managed to make only one graduation.
He was awarded the Order of St. Anne 1st degree on January 1, 1869. He also had the Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree and St. Vladimir 3rd degree [1] .
He died on March 28, 1872 in Wiesbaden from pneumonia.
In addition to the above two theses, Steinman wrote the following essays:
- "Antiquitatis Graecae loca quaedam e Russorum moribus illustrata" 1847
- "The value of ancient philology and the place that it occupies among the sciences taught at universities" St. Petersburg. 1851 (speech delivered at the univ. Act of 1851, "Zhurn. M. Nar. Pros.", Part 72, dep. II, 178).
- "De munere praeceptoris" (speech delivered in 1851 in Chapters. Teacher. Inst.).
- "Speech of Iperidus for Eukenipapp. Text on the publication of Schneydevin. Translation and notes." ("Journal. M.N. Pros." 1856, № 1-2, part 89, pp. 25-64 and 178-202).
- "Analysis of the works of Bormann:" The course of the deaf-and-dumb to the word of mouth "(" XXX Prize. Demidov. Awards ", 1861, 55-62).
- "Opinions of foreign teachers in Severn. Germany, Baden, Wirttemberg and Belgium about the draft charter for real schools in Russia" ("Journal. MH Pros." 1872, No. 1, p. 95).
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Literature
Steinman, Ivan Bogdanovich // Russian biographical dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.