Theodor Creizenach [SEP] place of death
Theodor Creizenach
Theodor Creizenach (17 April 1818, Mainz – 6 December 1877, Frankfurt) was a German Jewish poet and historian of literature. He was the son of Michael Creizenach.
He studied classical antiquities in Giessen, Göttingen, and Heidelberg, and then lived for several years at Paris as tutor in the house of Aaron Anselm Rothschild. Upon his return from Paris in 1842 Creizenach became teacher in the Jewish Philanthropin at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and was one of the principal founders of the Frankfort
a year after his death was more distinctly proclaimed as the program of the "Frankfort Reformverein", at the head of which was his son Theodor Creizenach.
In spite of his Reform tendencies, Creizenach was deeply interested in Hebrew literature, especially in Hebrew fiction, and during the last two years of his life edited with his friend Jost the Hebrew periodical "Zion".
Works.
Creizenach's works are:
- "Versuch über die Parallellentheorie," Mainz, 1822
- "Lehrbuch der Darstellenden Geometrie