Emil Schreiner
Emil Theodor carpenter ( * November 26, 1831 in Christiania, † November 15, 1910 there ), was a classical scholar and teacher.
Life
His parents were the merchant Heinrich Peter Schreiner (1794-1880) and his wife Andrea Wiborg ( 1801-82 ). He married on 26 November 1872 in Brevikmed his cousin Gunhild Wiborg Heiberg (26 November 1848-8. January 1932 ), daughter of the businessman Thomas Johannes Vyborg ( 1812-1874 ) and his wife Justine Sabine Damert Wirsching ( 1821-1854 ).
Carpenter grew up in Christiania, where his father, who came from Flensburg, a profitable hardware store operation. He went to the cathedral school of the city in 1849 and put an excellent examination of arts from. In 1855 he passed his examination in philology. For further studies he traveled to Berlin and was from 1862 to 1863 and a half years scholarship from the university in the fields of Latin and Greek. Previously, he has worked as a teacher in Latin Nissen and junior high school, he founded his own Latin school in Christiania. When he was a scholarship in 1862, he sold the school to his fellow students Fredrik Gjertsen.
As a scholar, he devoted himself to the relationship between rhythm and meter in Latin and Greek versification. The result was his only scientific work with 80 pages, which was printed in 1866. The value of the work lies in a comprehensive collection of material. A commonly accepted solution to this problem did not succeed.
From 1863 Schreiner taught at his old Cathedral School. In 1864 he was head teacher. At this time, originated in Norway a hot debate on the place and necessity of classical languages in the secondary school. Schreiner belonged to the conservative direction. 1870 to 1872, he held the function of a provisional rector for the ailing rector Ludvig Vibe. With 40 years he was rector of the Latin school in Skien. He stayed there for a good four years. Then he shared his tasks by rector of the Latin school in Drammen and the Cathedral School in Christiania was alike. His time in Drammen led to upgrading the level of the school. In a time when Latin was indeed a strong position in the curriculum, but was nevertheless exposed to continuous attacks from the education policy, his education was in Latin to the person of great benefit. His Latin grammar spread rapidly. His concise Latin grammar, which has been adapted to the further conditions to the respective requirements of the time, was almost 100 years in use. Together with colleagues, he also developed a Latin school dictionary, which appeared in an enlarged fourth edition in 1998.
His teaching was marked by the fact that he rehearsed the text analysis with his students and pointed out the cultural values taken by the substance. He also played the cello and was tolerably music lovers.
In 1890 he became a member of the Commission to draw up a new Education Act. But the majority of his proposals were rejected by the Storting, and in 1896 managed the Storting the classical grammar school. Schreiner was not able to get the Greek as a school subject, but Latin was ere continue through the establishment of a Latin line.
When in 1894 he was rector of the Cathedral, it was housed in a building inexpedient. But the new school law of 1896 led to a decline in the number of students and the elimination of the intermediate and the preparatory classes. Addition, there was an economic crisis by the old school building was sold and the construction of the new building was intended as a more expensive, so that the reduced number of students with rising operating costs threatened the existence of the school. 1904 acted carpenter at the last moment a contract with the municipality from which guaranteed the continuation. The school still exists today.
In the summer of 1907, Carpenter retired from professional life. It was established in 1882 Knight of the Order of St. Olav and in 1897 its commander, 2nd class. He was also a member of the " Videnskabsselskabet " in Christiania (now " Det Norske Akademi Videnskaps - " ) since 1887.