Döllen, Alexander Karlovich

Lutheran religion. The son of a teacher, Karl August Döllen (1775-1851), who maintained a private school in the town of Doblen near Mitava. He received secondary education under the guidance of his father.

At the end of the course in a private school in 1830, he became a teacher in it. In 1832 he entered the University of Derpt at the historical and philological department of the Faculty of Philosophy, which he graduated four years later with a Ph.D. He presented the composition “De vita et scriptis Livii Andronici”, awarded the gold medal, as a Ph.D. thesis.

After passing the teacher’s exam, in 1837 he was appointed a teacher at the Riga Gymnasium , and the following year he was approved as a senior teacher. In 1838, after revising his essay on Livia Andronicus , he presented it as a dissertation under the title "De vita Livii Andronici dissertatio, Dorpati Livonorum" and received a master 's degree in Roman literature. The Minister of Education, Count Uvarov, was present and participated as an opponent at the master's debate. Immediately after this, Count Uvarov proposed to the new master the position of adjunct in the department of Greek and Roman literature at the University of St. Vladimir , and on September 29, 1839 Dellen was confirmed in this position. In 1840, he was awarded a letter of gratitude from the Minister of Education for his excellent and diligent service, and on November 4 of that year he was approved as an extraordinary professor in the department of Roman literature and antiquities. In 1850 he was appointed correcting the position of full professor in the same department. In 1856, for the analysis of the essay by S. V. Yeshevsky “Apollinaris Sidonius” he was awarded the gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Sciences , established for reviewers. In 1862, after 25 years of service, he was left for five years, and in 1863 he was approved as a professor emeritus. He received his doctorate in Roman literature only in 1864, presenting as a dissertation the essay Beiträge zur Kritik und Erklärung der Satiren des D. Jun. Juvenalis ”and in the same year was approved as an ordinary professor in the department. In addition to professorship, in 1857-1862 he was the director of the Kiev 1st Gymnasium at the invitation of the trustee of the Kiev educational district N. R. Rebinder .

In 1867, after thirty years of service in the educational department, he retired, but the council of Kharkov University at the same time invited him to take the place of an ordinary professor in the department of Roman literature at this university. Dellen accepted this offer and, having occupied the chair at Kharkov University, remained there for three five years until his death, continuing here, as at Kiev University, to present to his students both the history of Roman literature and Roman antiquities, and ancient mythology. In delivering his lectures, Dellen followed the method of J. I. Neykrikh and, thanks to this, gave his students the full opportunity to thoroughly study the Latin language.

Was married, his sons:

• Nikolay (1850-1886), graduated from the 1st Kiev gymnasium (1867), studied at Kharkov University, but did not finish the course due to poor health. He died suddenly ^[1] .
• Konstantin (1854-1926), graduated from the 1st Kiev gymnasium (1867) and Kharkov University (1871), was a teacher of ancient languages ​​at the 1st Kiev gymnasium (1883-1904), then the director of the Suvalka gymnasium (1905-1908). After retiring, he lived in Kiev, was a member of the Kiev club of Russian nationalists ^[2] .

• Order of St. Stanislav , 2nd art. (1855); imperial crown to the order (1862)
• Order of St. Anne , 2nd art. (1859)
• dark bronze medal "in memory of the war of 1853-1856."
• XX century honors

• Beiträge zur Kritik und Erklärung der Satiren des D. Jun. Juvenalis. - Kiev, 1846.
• A brief historical outline of ancient Greek literature. - Kiev, 1851.
• Observations of the eclipse of the sun, the former July 16/28, 1851. - Kiev, 1852.
• Analysis of the essay by Eshevsky K. S. Apollinaris Sidonius, an episode from the literary and political history of Gaul of the fifth century. // 25th Prize established by P. N. Demidov. - St. Petersburg, 1856.
• Kurzgefasste Geschichte und heutiger Standpunkt der Mnemonik. - Dorpat, 1859.
• Der Erste Unterricht. - Dorpat, 1865.
• Carmen saeculare Horatii. Horace's Anniversary Anthem: with an introduction and detailed commentary. - Kiev, 1865.
• Cornelii Taciti Germania. With a detailed commentary and introduction. - Kiev, 1867.
• Proemium quo scholas suas de historia litterarum Universitati Charcoviensi habendas aperuit AL Döllen. - Kharkov, 1869.
• Doctrinae metricae summarium. In usum scholarum suarum conscripsit AL Döllen. - St. Petersburg, 1876.
• P. Terenti. Hauton timorumenos: with introduction, detailed commentary, and Russian translation by A. K. Dellen. - Kharkov, 1879.

• Biographical dictionary of professors and teachers of the Imperial University of St. Vladimir (1834-1884). - Kiev, 1884 .-- S. 175.
• Dellen, Alexander Ludwigovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Dellen, Alexander Karlovich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.