Friedrich Gedike


Friedrich Gedike ] was a German theologian, teacher and educational reformer of the late Age of Enlightenment. He was the recipient of the letters that made up the book by C. P. Moritz entitled Journeys of a [German in England in 1782].

Life

Gedike came from an old family of theologians. His grandfather, Lambert Gedicke, was the Feldpropst of the Prussian Army, and Simon Gedike, Chief Chaplain to the Prince-Elector, Joachim II [Hector, Elector of Brandenburg]. Ludwig Gedike, later headmaster of the Leipzig Bürgerschule, Ludwig Gedike, was Friedrich's younger brother.

Works

  • Aristoteles und Basedow. 1779
  • Schulschriften., two volumes, 1789 and 1795
  • Vermischte Schriften. 1801