Gustav Adolf Schöll
* 02.09.1805 ; ✝ 26.05.1882
Professor of Archeology, Librarian, Poet
Biography
Between 1823 and 1826 Schöll studied theology, philosophy and Greek mythology in Tubingen. Having completed his university course he was ready to undertake an ambitious academic career, completing his translation of Herodotus for the editors Osiander and Schwab. It was during this period that his first independent literary works were produced. The place Schöll chose as the right one for his professorial thesis was Berlin, where he was a welcome addition to various literary circles.
Having completed his professorial thesis he at first worked as a professor for archeology in Halle, before moving to Weimar, where he became Director of Artistic Events and Chief Librarian. In addition, he won renown for erecting numerous monuments to poets, and was active in, amongst others, the German Shakespeare Society. The numerous treatises he published in the society’s yearbook, and his work in translating the sonnets into German, helped associate his name with Shakespeare’s.
Abhandlungen
- „Shakespeare und Sophokles“, Shakespeare-Jahrbuch, 1 (1865). Pp. 127-137.
- „Ueber Shakespeare’s Sommernachtstraum“, Shakespeare-Jahrbuch, 17 (1882). Pp. 100-127. A modified version of this treatise had already been published in 1844.
Literature
Primary Literature
- Sophokles, sein Leben und Wirken. Frankfurt a. M., 1842.
- Briefe und Aufsätze von Goethe den Jahren 1766-86. Ed. Gustav Adolf Schöll. Weimar, 1846.
- Gründlicher Unterricht über die Tetralogie des attischen Theaters und die Kompositionsweise des Sophokles. Leipzig, 1859.
- Goethe in den Hauptzügen seines Lebens und Wirkens. Berlin, 1882.
- Gesammelte Aufsätze zur klassischen Literatur alter und neuerer Zeit. Berlin, 1884.
Secondary Literature
- Jansohn, Christa: 'Gustav Adolf Schölls unveröffentlichte Übersetzungen von Shakespeares Sonetten im Goethe-Schiller-Archiv', Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, 238 (2001). Pp. 330-337.
- Schöll, Rudolf, 'Schöll, Gustav Adolf'. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 32 (1891). Pp. 218-224 [Online Version]. Url: www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116857374.html.
Album pages with this person
Citation and Licence
Schöll, Gustav Adolf, in: The Digital Shakespeare Memorial Album. Edited by Christa Jansohn. URI: http://www.shakespearealbum.de/uri/gnd/116857374. (Accessed on 20.04.2024)
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