ECKERMANN, JOHANN PETER (17921854)

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 886 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ECG-EMS

ECKERMANN, JOHANN PETER (17921854) , German poet and author, best known owing to his association with Goethe, was born at Winsen in Hanover on the 21st of September 1792, of humble parentage, and was brought up in penury and privation. After serving as a volunteer in the War of Liberation (18131814), he obtained a secretarial appointment under the war department at Hanover. In 1817, although twenty-five years of age, he was enabled to attend the gymnasium of Hanover and afterwardsthe university of Gottingen, which, however, after one year's residence as a student of law, he left in 1822. His acquaintance with Goethe began in the following year, when he sent to him the

manuscript

MANUSCRIPT

of his Beitrage zur Poesie (1823). Soon afterwards he went to

Weimar

WEIMAR

, where he supported himself as a private tutor. For several years he also instructed the son of the grand duke. In 1830 he travelled in Italy with Goethe's son. In 1838 he was given the title of grand-ducal councillor and appointed librarian to the grand-duchess.

Eckermann

ECKERMANN, JOHANN PETER (1792—1854)

is chiefly remembered
for his important contributions to the knowledge of the

great

GREAT

poet contained in his Conversations with Goethe (1836-1848). To

Eckermann

ECKERMANN, JOHANN PETER (1792—1854)

Goethe entrusted the publication of his Nachgelassene Schriften (posthumous works) (1832-1833). He was also

joint

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

-editor with

Friedrich

FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Wilhelm Riemer (1774-1845) of the complete edition of Goethe's works in 4o vols. (1839-1840). He died at

Weimar

WEIMAR

on the 3rd of December 1854.
Eckermann's Gesprache mit Goethe (vols: i. and ii. 1836; vol. iii. 1848; 7th ed.,

Leipzig

LEIPZIG

, 1899; best edition by L. Geiger,

Leipzig

LEIPZIG

, 1902) have been translated into almost all the European languages, not excepting Turkish. (English translations by

Margaret

Fuller, Boston, 1839, and John

Oxenford

OXENFORD, JOHN (1812—1877)

, London, 1850.) Besides this

work

WORK

and the Beitrage zur Poesie, Eckermann published a volume of poems (Gedichte, 1838), which are of little value. See J. P. Ethermanns Nachlass, herausgegeben von F. Tewes, vol. i. (1905), and an article by R. M. Meyer in the Goethe-Jahrbuch, xvii. (1896).

End of Article: ECKERMANN, JOHANN PETER (17921854)

If you wish, you can link directly to this article.

<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/ECG_EMS/ECKERMANN_JOHANN_PETER_1792185.html">
ECKERMANN, JOHANN PETER (17921854)
</a>

(Previous)
ECK, JOHANN MAIER (1486-1543)

(Next)
ECKERNFURDE

JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA 92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email