Friedrich Traugott Friedemann (31 March 1793, in Stolpen – 2 May 1853, in

Idstein Idstein () is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt (Old Town) it is part of the ''Deutsche Fachwerkstraße'' ...

) was a German educator,

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

and

archivist An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to Document, records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist c ...

. He studied

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...

at the

University of Wittenberg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

, where he was a pupil of

Christian Lobeck Christian August Lobeck (; 5 June 1781 – 25 August 1860) was a German classical scholar. Lobeck was born at Naumburg, in the Electorate of Saxony. After studying at the universities of Jena and Leipzig, he became ''Privatdozent'' at the Uni ...

. In 1812 he received his PhD and during the following year was named conrector at the gymnasium in

Zwickau Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ' ...

. Later on, he took the same position at the gymnasium in

Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ...

, where in 1820 he attained the title of

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

. In 1823 he was appointed director of the Katharineum school in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

and in 1828 became director of the gymnasium at Weilburg. In 1840 he was appointed head of the Nassau Central Archives in

. In 1846 he founded the journal "''Zeitschrift für die Archive Deutschlands''".

Selected works

* "De versu graecorum heroico, maxime Homerico", 1816 (with

Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner (October 31, 1787 – July 2, 1841) was a German educator and philologist who specialized in Homeric studies. He was born in Trebitz, Saxony-Anhalt. He studied theology and philology at the University of Wittenber ...

). * ''Praktische anleitung zur kenntniss und verfertigung lateinischer verse'', 1828. * "Dav. Ruhnkenii orationes: dissertationes et epistolae", 1828 (editor) – David Ruhnken's oratories, dissertations and epistles. * ''Beiträge zur vermittelung widerstrebender ansichten über verfassung und verwaltung deutscher gymnasien'', 1832. * ''Chrestomathie aus römischen Dichtern für mittlere Gymnasialclassen'', 1836. * ''Christlich-religiöse Anregungen für Studirende Jünglinge auf Gymnasien und Universitäten'', 1837. * "Scriptorum Latinorum Saeculi XIX. Delectus", 1840.Google Search
published works

References

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