Emil Schreiner
Emil Theodor Schreiner (26 November 1831 – 15 November 1910) was a
Biography
Schreiner was born in Christiania (now called Oslo) in 1831. He was the son of merchant Peter Heinrich Schreiner (1794–1880) and Andrea Wiborg (1801–1882). His father migrated to Norway from Flensburg.
Schreiner took his
Schneiner started his own school in 1859, but sold it in 1862 to work for a year as a
In 1872, Schreiner was made the principal at Skien Latinskole a post he held until 1876. He was at Drammen Latinskole from 1877 to 1893 and Kristiania Cathedral School (the school had changed spelling) from 1894 to 1907.[1][2]
Schreiner wrote several textbooks for the school system. Latinsk Sproglære til Skolebrug was released in 1871, and issued in the third edition in 1885.[1] It faced competition in its time from Johan Peter Weisse's grammar Latinsk Grammatik til Skolebrug, also released in 1871, but Weisse's book was considered too difficult for school students, and was outsold by Schreiner's book.[3] Schreiner's Latinsk Vocabularium til Skolebrug was released in 1880, and issued in the sixth edition in 1936. Kortfattet latinsk Ordføiningslære til Brug i Middelskolen only came in one edition, in 1881.[1] In 1887, Schreiner published the Latin-Norwegian dictionary Latinsk Ordbog together with Jan Johanssen and Marius Nygaard, a book which is still in use—it has been updated and reissued, last in 1998.[4]
Schreiner was a Commander, Second Class of the
Schreiner married his cousin Gunhild Heiberg Wiborg (1848–1932) in November 1872, and he was the brother-in-law of Sophus Bugge. Another of his cousins was the father of Kristian Schreiner. Emil Schreiner died in November 1910 in Kristiania.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Kraggerud, Egil. "Emil Schreiner". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ a b Amundsen, Leiv (1977). "Weisse, Johan Peter". In Jansen, Jonas; Anker, Øyvind; Kaldhol, Bjarte (eds.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 18 (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 387–392.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2010.