Philipp Wackernagel

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Carl Eduard Philipp Wackernagel (28 June 1800, in

hymnologist. He was an older brother of philologist Wilhelm Wackernagel
.

He was educated in

Breslau and Berlin, during which time, he also studied hymnology. While a student his influences included geologist Karl Georg von Raumer.[1] He worked as a teacher at a trade school in Berlin (from 1829) and at a private school in Stetten (Württemberg) from 1839, then in 1845 was named a professor at a Realgymnasium in Wiesbaden, followed by a directorship at a Realschule in Elberfeld (from 1849). In 1861 he received a doctorate in theology from the University of Breslau, and during the same year, moved to Dresden, where he focused on literary and hymnological studies.[2][3]

He was one of the founders of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag. In addition to his publications in the field of hymnology, he was the author of works on crystallography and pedagogy.[2][3]

Selected works

  • Das deutsche Kirchenlied : von Martin Luther bis auf Nicolaus Herman und Ambrosius Blaurer (1841) – German hymns of
    Ambrosius Blaurer
    / a collection of 850 hymns.
  • Paulus Gerhardts geistliche Lieder (1843) – Paul Gerhardt's hymns.
  • Über deutsche Orthographie (first part, 1848) – On German orthography.
  • Bibliographie zur Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes im 16. Jahrhundert (1855), – Bibliography on the history of German hymns of the 16th century / descriptions of 1,148 song-books and sheets.
  • Gesangbuch für Kirche, Schule, und Haus (1860) – Hymnbook for church, school and home.
  • Das deutsche Kirchenlied von der ältesten Zeit bis zu Anfang des XVII. Jahrhunderts (5 volumes, 1864–77) – German hymns from the earliest times to the beginning of the 17th century / 6,783 hymns.
  • Beiträge zur niederländischen Hymnologie (1867) – Contribution to Dutch hymnology.[2][4]

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