Heinrich Fleischer

Author : A. Müller
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267908585
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Memoir of Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer (Classic Reprint) written by A. Müller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoir of Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer Both publications proved that he had reached the goal which he had been pursuing during a twelve years' preparatory period, entailing con stant hard work and manifold sacrifices. In the preface to Abulfeda he deplores the fewness of his notes, and craves indulgence for himself on the plea of being a homo Iectionis paucce, memories paucioris, otiipau cissimi. But the character of his work is such as to invalidate all but the last of the three excuses. Meantime he had accepted in 1831, a position as teacher in the Kreuz high-school at Dresden. Here be re mained until 1835, when, the above-mentioned works having spread his fame, he was offered a professorship at St. Petersburg, later filled by Dorn. He was about to leave for Russia, when, in the nick of time, the offer of a full professorship of Oriental languages, at his own university of Leipzig, reached him. He was elected on October 19, 1835, but did not enter upon the duties Of his position until Easter, 1836. At first he was considered a member of the theological faculty, but early in the next decade he was permitted, after active agitation on his own part, to pass over to the philosophical faculty. On September 27, 1836, he mar ried Ernestine Mathilde J assing, of Bautzen, the daughter of Friedrich Leberecht Jassing, retired brigade judge of the royal Saxon service, who lived at that time in Dresden. He was permitted to celebrate with his faithful and affectionate wife, who still survives, the fiftieth anni versary of his wedding-day, and was blessed with the joy - marred only by the death of their eldest daughter - of seeing their children occupy positions of honor in the community. Not less happy was his domestic life, than were his official and scientific undertakings. When, in 1846, the Royal Saxon Scientific Society was founded, he at once became an active member. In 1855, he became its assistant secretary, and later, secretary in chief, a position which he filled with his customary scrupu lousness until 1883. In 1860, he received an honorable call from Berlin. He refused the offer, remaining faithful to his native land until his death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.