Ludvig Vibe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ludvig Vibe

Norwegian philologist

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1803

Place of Birth: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1881

Profession: translator, linguist, classical philologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ludvig Vibe

  • Frederik Ludvig Vibe (26 September 1803 – 21 June 1881) was a Norwegian classical philologist and educator.
  • He was Professor of Greek language at the Royal Frederick University from 1838. He was born in Bergen as a son of County Governor, General War Commissioner and chamberlain Niels Andreas Vibe (1759–1814) and Margery Kierulff (1775–1852).
  • He was a nephew of Johan Vibe and Ditlev Wibe, brother of Henriette Gislesen, brother-in-law of Heinrich Arnold Thaulow and second cousin of Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert.
  • The family moved to Christiania in 1811.Vibe took his examen artium in 1820, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.philol.
  • degree in 1827.
  • In 1829 he was hired as a Latin teacher at Christiania Cathedral School.
  • He was a lecturer in Greek at the University from 1830, and was promoted to professor in 1838.
  • He is known for translating The Birds and Prometheus Bound, and also for a work on Spartan governance named Hvad var Spartas Ekklesi?.
  • He was, however, most interested in preserving the position of the classical languages in society.
  • He was an advisor to politician Hans Riddervold in the late 1840s, and also chaired the public commission Skolekommisjonen av 1847.
  • In 1848 he started the conservative newspaper Christiania-Posten with Carl Arntzen, and also left the university to become principal of Christiania Cathedral School.Vibe was a conservatist, whereas commission member Hartvig Nissen was a reformer; the third commission member was Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert.
  • In general Vibe was allied with Frederik Moltke Bugge, whereas other positions like Anton Martin Schweigaard and Herman Foss favored the natural sciences.
  • Around 1850 natural sciences were introduced in secondary schools in Norway, except for Christiania, Trondhjem and Bergen Cathedral School.
  • During Vibe's career as principal at Christiania Cathedral School, the number of students fell.
  • He fell ill after 1870, and was substituted with Emil Schreiner.
  • It became clear that he could not return, and he retired in 1872.Vibe was married to Ferdinanda Augusta Wilhelmine Steensgaard (1812–1898) from December 1833.
  • He was a great-grandfather of Inger Alver Gløersen and Gunnar Fougner Høst.
  • He died in June 1881 in Kristiania.

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