- Theodor Creizenach
Theodor Creizenach (born
April 17 ,1818 ,Mainz -December 6 ,1877 ,Frankfurt ) was a German Jewish poet and historian of literature. He was the son ofMichael Creizenach .He studied classical antiquities in
Giessen ,Göttingen , andHeidelberg , and then lived for several years atParis as tutor in the house ofAaron Anselm Rothschild . Upon his return from Paris in 1842 Creizenach became teacher in theJewish Philanthropin at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and was one of the principal founders of theFrankfort Jewish Reformverein ; in 1854, however, he abandoned the faith of his fathers and embracedChristianity . Creizenach was made teacher of the Frankfort municipal high school in 1859, and appointed professor of history and literature at the Frankfort gymnasium in 1863.In the literary world he attracted attention by his poetry: "Dichtungen", Frankfort, 1839; and "Gedichte", Frankfort, 1848; 2d ed., 1851. Being familiar with the personality and life of
Goethe in his relations to Frankfort, he edited and published Goethe's correspondence withMarianne von Willemer , under the title "Der Briefwechsel Zwischen Goethe und Marianne von Willemer", 2d ed., Stuttgart, 1878.In conjunction with
Oskar Jäger he took charge of the new edition ofFriedrich Christoph Schlosser 's "Weltgeschichte ", 1870 et seq.; and in conjunction withOtto Müller edited a weekly publication, "Das Frankfurter Museum ".Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
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Adolph Kohut , "Berühmte Israelitische Männer und Frauen", xi. 383, Leipsic, 1901;
* "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon ";:JewishEncyclopedia ( [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=862&letter=C] )::By :
Isidore Singer &Benuel H. Brumberg :MeyersExternal links
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