Gottlieb Mohnike
Gottlieb Christian Friedrich Mohnike (6 January 1781 – 6 July 1841) was a German
philologist who was a native of Grimmen. He was the father of physician Otto Gottlieb Mohnike
(1814–1887).
He studied theology at the Universities of Greifswald and Jena, afterwards spending several years as a private instructor on the island of Rügen. In 1813 he became pastor at St. Jakobi Church in Stralsund, and in 1824 was awarded an honorary doctorate of theology from the University of Greifswald.
Mohnike was a founder of
Roman literature, hymnology and the history of Pomerania
.
Throughout his career he maintained friendships and correspondence with writer Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860) and philosopher Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780-1860).
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- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
- ADB:Mohnike Gottlieb @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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