Richard Armstedt Richard Armstedt (10 November 1851 – 14 April 1931) was a German

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

, educator, and historian. Armstedt, a native of Osterburg, Prussian Saxony, received his doctorate in philosophy from the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

in 1885. The following year he became senior instructor at Altstadt Gymnasium in

Königsberg Königsberg (; ; ; ; ; ; , ) is the historic Germany, German and Prussian name of the city now called Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of the small Old Prussians, Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teuton ...

. From 1900-21 he was director of Königsberg's

Kneiphof Gymnasium image:ID003746 B178 KneiphoefGymnasDom.jpg, Kneiphof Gymnasium, with Königsberg Cathedral in the background Kneiphof Gymnasium () was a Gymnasium (Germany), gymnasium in the Kneiphof quarter of Königsberg, Germany. History A cathedral school, th ...

. He died in the same city. Armstedt's scholarly work was focused on

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n history, especially that of Königsberg. He also wrote a history of the Königsberg

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lodge ''Zum Totenkopf und Phönix'', of which he was a member.

Selected works

*''Heimatkunde von Königsberg i. Pr.''. Königsberg 1895 (with Richard Fischer) *''Der schwedische Heiratsplan des Großen Kurfürsten''. Königsberg 1896 *''Geschichte der Königl. Haupt- und Residenzstadt Königsberg in Preußen''. Stuttgart 1899. Nachdruck Melchior, Wolfenbüttel 2006 *''Geschichte des Kneiphöfischen Gymnasiums zu Königsberg i. Pr.'' Königsberg 1913, 1914 *''Geschichte der Vereinigten Johannis-Loge zum Totenkopf und Phönix zu Königsberg i. Pr. in den Jahren 1897–1922''. Hartung, Königsberg 1922

References

* 1851 births 1931 deaths People from Osterburg (Altmark) People from the Province of Saxony Historians from the Kingdom of Prussia 19th-century philologists 20th-century German philologists 20th-century German historians German schoolteachers 19th-century German historians 19th-century German male writers 19th-century German writers German male non-fiction writers Writers from the German Empire {{Germany-historian-stub