Karl Heinrich Adelbert Lipsius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Karl Heinrich Adelbert Lipsius

German evangelical theologian and teacher

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1805

Place of Birth: Großhennersdorf, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Jul-1861

Profession: pedagogue, theologian, university teacher, classical scholar, classical philologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Karl Heinrich Adelbert Lipsius

  • Karl Heinrich Adelbert Lipsius (19 January 1805, in Großhennersdorf – 2 July 1861, in Leipzig) was a German theologian, philologist and educator. He studied philology and theology at the University of Leipzig, receiving his habilitation in 1827.
  • In the autumn of 1827, he was named conrector at the gymnasium in Gera.
  • In 1832 he began work as a teacher of religious studies at the Thomasschule in Leipzig, where in 1847 he became conrector.
  • In 1861 he succeeded Johann Gottfried Stallbaum as academic rector at Thomasschule, but died soon afterwards in July 1861.He was the father of theologian Richard Adelbert Lipsius (1830–1892), architect Constantin Lipsius (1832–1894), philologist Justus Hermann Lipsius (1834–1920) and music historian Ida Marie Lipsius (1837-1927). The Lipsiusstraße, a residential street in Reudnitz was named in his honour in 1908.
  • Today it is located in the district of Reudnitz-Thonberg (Leipzig).

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