Christian Brandanus Hermann Pistorius (12 May 1763 or 1765 – 9 November 1823) was a German writer and translator.
Life
Pistorius was born in
Poseritz
Poseritz is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The translator Christian Pistorius Christian Brandanus Hermann Pistorius (12 May 1763 or 1765 – 9 November 1823) was a German writer and translat ...
. The eldest son of the Poseritzer
provost Hermann Andreas Pistorius Hermann Andreas Pistorius (8 April 1730 – 10 November 1798) was a German Protestant-Lutheran theologian and clergyman, philosopher, reviewer, translator and writer. During his lifetime he was regarded as "the most learned man on Rügen".
Early l ...
and his wife Sophie Juliane, daughter of provost Christian Anton Brunnemann in
Bergen auf Rügen
Bergen auf Rügen is the capital of the former district of Rügen in the middle of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Since 1 January 2005, Bergen has moreover been the administrative seat of the ''Amt'' of Bergen auf ...
, he was taught by his father and tutors. Without having attended a higher public educational institution, he proved his extensive knowledge in a number of scientific papers. He wrote articles for various journals and produced translations from
Latin and
English.
Because of his unstable health he lived in his father's household until the latter's death in 1798. Then he moved to his brother Philipp Pistorius (1767-1823), who was pastor in Garz on Rügen, where he was last cared for by his sister-in-law
Charlotte Pistorius
Charlotte Pistorius (5 November 1777 – 14 September 1850) was a German poet and letter-writer. She belonged to the circle of friends around Ernst Moritz Arndt, and corresponded with him and other notable writers, including Friedrich Schleiermac ...
.
[Erich Gülzow: ''Heimatbriefe Ernst Moritz Arndts.'' In Rügisch-Pommerscher Geschichtsverein (edit.): ''Pommersche Jahrbücher'' 3rd supplementary volume, Julius Abel, Greifswald 1919, .]
Publications
* ''Priestley's Liturgie.'' 1787.
*Translations from English
** Middleton: ''Theologische Abhandlungen.'' 1793.
** '' James Belshams Versuche über Gegenstände der Philosophie, Theologie, Litteratur und Politik.'' Lange, Berlin and Stralsund 1798.
** ''Abendzeitvertreib in unterhaltenden Schilderungen aus dem wirklichen Leben und vermischten Aufsätzen als Ersatz der Romanen-Lektüre.'' Stiller, Leipzig und Rostock 1807.
** James Riley: ''Gefangenschaft und Reise in Afrika.'' 1817. (''Sufferings in Africa'')
*Translations from French
**
Charles de Brosses: ''Ueber den Dienst der Fetischengötter oder Vergleichung der alten Religion Egyptens mit der heutigen Religion Nigritiens.'' Lange, Berlin und Stralsund 1785.
*Translations from Latin
**
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: ''Pharsalia.'' 1802.
** ''Dion. Catos moralische Distichen metrisch übersetzt.'' 1815.
**
Aulus Persius Flaccus
Aulus Persius Flaccus (; 4 December 3424 November 62 AD) was a Ancient Rome, Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan civilization, Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satires, he shows a Stoicism, Stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for what he ...
: ''3. Satire'' 1812.
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References
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German male writers
English–German translators
Latin–German translators
Date of birth missing
1823 deaths
People from Vorpommern-Rügen