Helfrich Bernhard Wenck
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Helfrich Bernhard Wenck was a German historian
and educator born in Idstein
, Hesse
.
From 1761 until his death he was associated with the Darmstadt
Pädagogium, Here he was appointed prorector
in 1769, worked as an historiographer (from 1775) and later attained the position of Consistorialrath (1778).
His best known publication was a work on Hessian history called Hessische Landesgeschichte, which was published in three volumes between 1783 and 1803. Another noted work of his was Lateinische Grammatik für Schulen (Latin Grammar
for Schools), which was later revised in 1823 by Georg Friedrich Grotefend
(1775-1853).
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...
and educator born in Idstein
Idstein
Idstein is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt it is part of the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße , connecting towns with fine timber-frame buildings and...
, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
.
From 1761 until his death he was associated with the Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
Pädagogium, Here he was appointed prorector
Prorector
In many countries in Europe , a prorector is deputy to rector and a member of the management body of a university. In cases with more than one prorector each prorector manages a particular area of university life...
in 1769, worked as an historiographer (from 1775) and later attained the position of Consistorialrath (1778).
His best known publication was a work on Hessian history called Hessische Landesgeschichte, which was published in three volumes between 1783 and 1803. Another noted work of his was Lateinische Grammatik für Schulen (Latin Grammar
Grammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
for Schools), which was later revised in 1823 by Georg Friedrich Grotefend
Georg Friedrich Grotefend
Georg Friedrich Grotefend was a German epigraphist.-Life:He was born at Hann. Münden and died in Hanover. He was educated partly in his native town, partly at Ilfeld, where he remained till 1795, when he entered the university of Göttingen, and there became the friend of Heyne, Tychsen and Heeren...
(1775-1853).