Eduard Wilhelm Sievers
Encyclopedia
Eduard Wilhelm Sievers, born March 19 1820 in Hamburg
, died December 9 1894 in Gotha
, was a German
Shakespeare scholar and professor
in Gotha.
Sievers descended from a hanseatic merchant
family. He was cousin of the historian
Gottlob Reinhold Sievers and uncle of the geographer
Wilhelm Sievers
. He studied in Gotha, Berlin
and Bonn
before earning his Ph.D.
in 1842 in Erlangen
with De Odrysarum imperio commentatio. After some time teaching at the Johanneum
in Hamburg he started in 1845 at the Ernestinum in Gotha.
Sievers mainly published works about William Shakespeare and translation
s into German
of the Shakespeare works.
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, died December 9 1894 in Gotha
Gotha (town)
Gotha is a town in Thuringia, within the central core of Germany. It is the capital of the district of Gotha.- History :The town has existed at least since the 8th century, when it was mentioned in a document signed by Charlemagne as Villa Gotaha . Its importance derives from having been chosen in...
, was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Shakespeare scholar and professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
in Gotha.
Sievers descended from a hanseatic merchant
Merchant
A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...
family. He was cousin of the historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
Gottlob Reinhold Sievers and uncle of the geographer
Geographer
A geographer is a scholar whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society.Although geographers are historically known as people who make maps, map making is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography...
Wilhelm Sievers
Wilhelm Sievers
Friedrich Wilhelm Sievers was a German geologist and geographer. He served as professor of geography at the university of Giessen.Sievers was born into a merchant family in Hamburg...
. He studied in Gotha, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
before earning his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in 1842 in Erlangen
Erlangen
Erlangen is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the confluence of the river Regnitz and its large tributary, the Untere Schwabach.Erlangen has more than 100,000 inhabitants....
with De Odrysarum imperio commentatio. After some time teaching at the Johanneum
Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums
The Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums is a Gymnasium in Hamburg, Germany. It is Hamburg's oldest school and was founded in 1529 by Johannes Bugenhagen. The school's motto is The Future needs a Heritage...
in Hamburg he started in 1845 at the Ernestinum in Gotha.
Sievers mainly published works about William Shakespeare and translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
s into German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
of the Shakespeare works.
Selected works
- De Odrysarum imperio commentatio. P. Neusser, Bonn 1842
- Über die Tragödie überhaupt und Iphigenie in Aulis insbesondere. Als Manuscript gedruckt. Hamburg and Gotha, 1847
- Über die Grundidee des Shakespeareschen Dramas OthelloOthelloThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
. Gotha, 1851 - Shakespeare's Dramen für weitere Kreise bearbeitet. No. 1-5. Leipzig, 1851-53
- Othello ... Erklärt von Dr. E. W. Sievers. Herrig (L.) Sammlung englischer Schriftsteller. Vol. 4, 1853
- Julius CaesarJulius Caesar (play)The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, also known simply as Julius Caesar, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against...
... Erklärt von Dr. E. W. Sievers. Herrig (L.) Sammlung englischer Schriftsteller. Vol. 8, 1853 - William Shakespeare. Sein Leben und Dichten. Rud. Besser, Gotha 1866
- Shakespeare's zweiter mittelalterlicher Dramen-Cyclus. Mit einer Einleitung von W. Wetz. Reuther & Reichard, Berlin 1896
Literature
- C.S. Lewis, HamletHamletThe Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
: The Prince or the Poem?, Proceedings of the British AcademyBritish AcademyThe British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
18 (1942)