Carl Eduard Körber

Carl Eduard Körber

Carl Eduard Anton Körber (4 June 1802 Tartu County – 4 May 1883) was an Estonian pastor of Baltic German ancestry and writer.[1]

From 1820 to 1823 he studied theology at Tartu University. From 1841 to 1859 he was a pastor of Vändra Congregation.[1] He subsequently graduated from the Imperial University of Dorpat in 1834, and briefly became a private tutor before training to become a pastor two years afterwards. Following his retirement he moved to Tartu, served as the Tallorahwa Postimees newspaper editor and returned as a private tutor to receive a salary.

He was a member of Learned Estonian Society.[1]

Works

Besides religious publications, he also published primers, textbooks, dictionaries, translations of children's books.

  • "Joosepi elloramat", 1850
  • "Lomisse ramat", 1851
  • series of textbooks "Koli-ramat", 1954

References

  1. ^ a b c "Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK". www2.kirmus.ee. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2021.


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