Richard Armstedt Richard Armstedt (10 November 1851 – 14 April 1931) was a German

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 ...

, educator, and historian. Armstedt, a native of Osterburg,

Prussian Saxony The Province of Saxony (german: link=no, Provinz Sachsen), also known as Prussian Saxony () was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1944. Its capital was Magdeburg. It was formed by the merge ...

, received his doctorate in philosophy from the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Wü ...

in 1885. The following year he became senior instructor at Altstadt Gymnasium in

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

. From 1900-21 he was director of Königsberg's

Kneiphof Gymnasium image:ID003746 B178 KneiphoefGymnasDom.jpg, Kneiphof Gymnasium, with Königsberg Cathedral in the background Kneiphof Gymnasium (german: Kneiphöfisches Gymnasium) was a Gymnasium (Germany), gymnasium in the Kneiphof quarter of Königsberg, Germany. ...

. He died in the same city. Armstedt's scholarly work was focused on

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

n history, especially that of Königsberg. He also wrote a history of the Königsberg

Freemason Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

lodge ''Zum Totenkopf und Phönix'', of which he was a member.

Selected works

*''Heimatkunde von Königsberg i. Pr.''. Königsberg 1895 (with Richard Fischer) *''Der schwedische Heiratsplan des Großen Kurfürsten''. Königsberg 1896 *''Geschichte der Königl. Haupt- und Residenzstadt Königsberg in Preußen''. Stuttgart 1899. Nachdruck Melchior, Wolfenbüttel 2006 *''Geschichte des Kneiphöfischen Gymnasiums zu Königsberg i. Pr.'' Königsberg 1913, 1914 *''Geschichte der Vereinigten Johannis-Loge zum Totenkopf und Phönix zu Königsberg i. Pr. in den Jahren 1897–1922''. Hartung, Königsberg 1922

References

* 1851 births 1931 deaths People from Osterburg (Altmark) People from the Province of Saxony 19th-century philologists 20th-century philologists 20th-century German historians German philologists German schoolteachers 19th-century German historians 19th-century German male writers 19th-century German writers German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-historian-stub