Gottlieb Mohnike

January 6, 1781 (age 60)

Grimmen, Germany

He was the father of physician Otto Gottlieb Mohnike (1814-1887). In 1813 he became pastor at Saint Jakobi Church in Stralsund, and in 1824 was awarded an honorary doctorate of theology from the University of Greifswald. He published several translated works by the Swedish poet Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846), that included Die Frithjofs Sage. Also, he conducted extensive studies of Greek and Roman literature, hymnology and the history of Pomerania. Throughout his career he maintained friendships and correspondence with writer Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860) and philosopher Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780-1860).

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linguist theologian

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He studied theology at the Universities of Greifswald and Jena, afterwards spending several years as a private instructor on the island of Rügeneral

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He was the father of physician Otto Gottlieb Mohnike (1814-1887). In 1813 he became pastor at Saint Jakobi Church in Stralsund, and in 1824 was awarded an honorary doctorate of theology from the University of Greifswald. He published several translated works by the Swedish poet Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846), that included Die Frithjofs Sage.

Also, he conducted extensive studies of Greek and Roman literature, hymnology and the history of Pomerania.

Throughout his career he maintained friendships and correspondence with writer Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860) and philosopher Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780-1860).

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Mohnike was a founder of Nordic philology, being remembered for his translation and edition of the Heimskringla and Færeyinga saga.

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Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class