Christian Joseph Jagemann

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Christian Joseph Jagemann (1735, Dingelstädt - 5 February 1804, Weimar) was a German scholar, court-advisor and librarian.

Life

Against his parents' wishes Christian became a monk, entering the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt in 1752. However, he soon fled to Denmark, where he became a private tutor. He reconciled with his parents and returned home, but then had to go to Rome and Florence as a Catholic priest. After his homecoming he joined the court of the prince of Mainz in 1774 as director of a church gymnasium in Erfurt, but lost this position the following year on the prince's death. Converting to Protestantism, in 1775 he became advisor and librarian to duchess Anna Amelia in Weimar. By his written works he promoted knowledge of the Italian old masters to Germany. His successor as librarian was Carl Ludwig Fernow.

Children

Karoline Jagemann (1777-1848), actress and singer
Ferdinand Jagemann (1780-1820), painter
Marianne, wife of Adolph Freiherr von Danckelmann, 1806 to 1815

Works

1775: Geographische Beschreibung des Großherzogtums Toskana, Gotha
1777: Geschichte der freien Künste und Wissenschaften in Italien, 5 vol, 1777-1781
1780: Magazin der italienischen Literatur und Künste, 8 vol, 1780-1785
1805: Italienisches Wörterbuch, 4 Bände, 1805

Translations

"Die Hölle" from Dante's Göttliche Komödie 1780-1782 (available on www.dantealighieri.dk)
Goethes "Hermann u. Dorothea." (e-text (Ermanno e Dorotea) on www.dantealighieri.dk),

External links

Christian Joseph Jagemann in the German National Library catalogue
Christian Joseph Jagemann on Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 69273167 LCCN: nr99001385 ISNI: 0000 0000 8149 4540 GND: 100289452

Persondata
Name	Jagemann
Alternative names
Short description	German scholar
Date of birth	1735
Place of birth
Date of death	5 February 1804
Place of death

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