Bernhard Rudolf Abeken
Bernhard Rudolf Abeken (1 December 1780 – 24 February 1866) was a German
Life
Abeken was born in Osnabrück. His father was a Catholic merchant, who was much religious for his family. Thus, Bernhard Abeken, who was an avid reader since being five years old, started reading religious and historical literature.[1]
After finishing college in 1799, Abeken went to the
In 1810 he became vice headmaster at the college of Rudolstadt. Five years later, he answered the call to the college of Osnabrück, also as its vice headmaster, there to start a series of reforms.[2] In 1841 he became headmaster. Abeken retired in 1863, but nevertheless continued to teach about Sophocles and Cicero till his death in 1866.
Bernhard is the father of two famous sons,
Works
Bernhard Abeken studied the history of literature, specially when reviewing.
Abeken held lectures on Dante Alighieri, in Rudolstadt (1814–1815) and Berlin (1808). He disliked seeking allegories in the Divine Comedy, instead looking for more ethical and religious interpretations.[2]
- Beiträge zum Studium der göttlichen Comödie Dante's, 1826.
- Cicero in seinen Briefen, 1835
- Ein Stück aus Goethe's Leben, 1848
- Goethe in den Jahren 1771–75, 1861
- editor of the complete edition of the works of Justus Möser, 1842–43
Sources
- ^ a b Abeken, Bernhard Rudolf (1904). Goethe in meinem Leben, Erinnerungen und Betrachtungen : nebst weiteren Mittheilungen über Goethe, Schiller, Wieland und ihre Zeit aus Abekens Nachlasz. Robarts - University of Toronto. Weimar : Böhlaus.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". mdz10.bib-bvb.de. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version at Wikisource
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