Johann Lindner

March 17, 1726 (age 85)

Bärenstein, Germany

In 1894 he became the director of the Lyceum of Arnstadt and Schwarzburg. The area was known for its ore mines, and Lindner"s father was a miner. His first recorded employment was as a teacher at the Kreuzschule (literally School of the Cross) in Dresden. During this period he supplemented his meagre earnings by working as a musical performer and was thereby able to work his way up the social scale. He commenced a study course at Leipzig University in 1748, becoming a Master (Magister) of Philology. In 1751, on the recommendation of the local Superintendent Johann Christian Ernesti, Lindner was appointed co-rector at Langensalza, where he would have been working with Ernesti. In 1765 he was appointed deputy to the Rector of the regionally important Grammar school (Gymnasium) in Arnstadt, where he himself took over as Rector in 1794. Subsequently he became the Advisor for School Matters to the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Lindner wrote extensively on Philology, History, Topography and Numismatics. One of his students, Johann Christian von Hellbach, later became a publisher and produced a compilation of his writings. lieutenant was also von Hellbach who edited and published Lindner"s autobiography. Magister Johann Gottlieb Lindners Directors der Stadtund Landschule zu Arnstadt, auch Beysitzers des fürstlich schwarzburg-sondershäusischen Consistorii in Schulsachen daselbst kurze Selbstbiographie, mit Anmerkungen, einem Nachtrage und einigen Beylagen von (with annotations, an epilogue and some contributuons from) Johann Christian von Hellbach (Editor), Arnstadt 1812 Analectorum Paulino-Cellensium, 21 parts, 1789–1804 Nachlese zur schwarzburgischen Geschichte, 11 parts, 1783–1792 Lehrreicher Zeitvertreib in Ovidianischen Verwandlungen, Leipzig 1764 Etwas über Mythen, Arnstadt 1796 Grundlegung zur deutschen Sprachlehre für Anfänger, Arnstadt 1772.

Johann Lindner

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Johann Gottlieb Lindner was born in Bärenstein, a small town in Saxony, right on he frontier with Bohemia.

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In 1894 he became the director of the Lyceum of Arnstadt and Schwarzburg. The area was known for its ore mines, and Lindner"s father was a miner. His first recorded employment was as a teacher at the Kreuzschule (literally School of the Cross) in Dresden.

During this period he supplemented his meagre earnings by working as a musical performer and was thereby able to work his way up the social scale.

He commenced a study course at Leipzig University in 1748, becoming a Master (Magister) of Philology. In 1751, on the recommendation of the local Superintendent Johann Christian Ernesti, Lindner was appointed co-rector at Langensalza, where he would have been working with Ernesti.

In 1765 he was appointed deputy to the Rector of the regionally important Grammar school (Gymnasium) in Arnstadt, where he himself took over as Rector in 1794. Subsequently he became the Advisor for School Matters to the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Lindner wrote extensively on Philology, History, Topography and Numismatics.

One of his students, Johann Christian von Hellbach, later became a publisher and produced a compilation of his writings. lieutenant was also von Hellbach who edited and published Lindner"s autobiography. Magister Johann Gottlieb Lindners Directors der Stadtund Landschule zu Arnstadt, auch Beysitzers des fürstlich schwarzburg-sondershäusischen Consistorii in Schulsachen daselbst kurze Selbstbiographie, mit Anmerkungen, einem Nachtrage und einigen Beylagen von (with annotations, an epilogue and some contributuons from) Johann Christian von Hellbach (Editor), Arnstadt 1812

Analectorum Paulino-Cellensium, 21 parts, 1789–1804

Nachlese zur schwarzburgischen Geschichte, 11 parts, 1783–1792

Lehrreicher Zeitvertreib in Ovidianischen Verwandlungen, Leipzig 1764

Etwas über Mythen, Arnstadt 1796

Grundlegung zur deutschen Sprachlehre für Anfänger, Arnstadt 1772.

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In 1761 he became a member of the Erfurt Academy of Public Sciences.

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