Bernhard Moritz Snethlage, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernhard Moritz Snethlage

German classical philologist and high school teacher (1753-1840)

Date of Birth: 28-May-1753

Place of Birth: Tecklenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1840

Profession: theologian, high school teacher, classical philologist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Bernhard Moritz Snethlage (28 May 1753, Tecklenburg – 19 November 1840, Berlin) was a German educator.
He was the father of clergyman Karl Wilhelm Moritz Snethlage (1792–1871).He studied theology, philosophy and other subjects at Duisburg and Utrecht, and for a period of time, worked as a private tutor in Arnhem and Amsterdam.
In 1779 he became a teacher of mathematics at the gymnasium in Hamm, where he subsequently attained the title of rector (1781).
In 1789 he succeeded Theodor Friedrich Stange as director of the Hamm gymnasium.
From 1802 to 1826, he was director of the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin.
In 1816 he was appointed Konsistorialrat.
In 1826 he was succeeded at Joachimsthal by classical philologist August Meineke.