Friedrich August Ukert

Friedrich August Ukert ( born October 28, 1780 in Eutin, † May 18, 1851 in Gotha ) was a German philologist and historian.

Ukert attended high school in Eutin and studied from 1800 in Halle and Jena. From 1804 he worked as a private tutor, among other things, in Weimar, where he was tutor to the two sons of 1807 two years before the late Friedrich Schiller, Karl Friedrich Ludwig and Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm. In 1808 he followed a call to Gotha, where he first worked as an inspector at the high school, then as a librarian at the ducal library.

In addition to translations of historical and geographical works he published work on demonology and library history.

Since 1935, the lunar crater Ukert bears his name.

His son August Ukert (1811 - ) was President of the Senate at the imperial court.

Works (selection)

  • The Amazons. Neuaufl. White Verlag, Munich 1849.
  • Contributions to the older literature or oddities of the ducal library at Gotha. Publisher Dyk, Leipzig 1835-38 ( 3 vols, together with Friedrich Jacobs).
  • Remarks on Homer's geography. Publisher of the Geographical Institute, Weimar, 1814.
  • Geography of the Greeks and Romans from the earliest times down to Ptolemy. Publisher of the Geographical Institute, Weimar 1816-46 ( 3 vols ).
  • About demons, heroes and geniuses. Publisher Weidmann, Leipzig 1850.
  • About the nature of the Greeks and Romans to determine the distances and on the stage. An attempt. Publisher of the country - industry - Comptoirs, Weimar 1813.
  • Studies on the geography of the Hecateus and damask. Publisher of the country - industry - Comptoirs, Weimar, 1814.
  • History of European countries ( General States history ). Publisher Perthes, Gotha 1828 et seq (along with Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren ).
  • Anne Louis François Delorme Billet: Memoirs of Stéphanie Louise of Bourbon- Conti. Niemann, Lübeck 1809.
  • Francis Beaufort: Karamania or description of the south coast of Asia Minor. Publisher of Großhzgl. Saxon private country - industry - Comptoirs, Weimar, 1821.
  • John Macdonald Kinneir: travel through Asia Minor, Armenia and Kurdistan, in the years 1813 and 1814 published by the Großhzgl. . Saxon private country - industry - Comptoirs, Weimar, 1821.
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