FULLEBORN

fulleborn, georg gustav (1769-1803), german philosopher, philologist and miscellaneous writer, was born at glogau, silesia, on the 2nd of march 1769, and died at breslau on the 6th of february 1803. he was educated at the university of halle, and was made doctor of philosophy in recognition of his thesis _de xenophane, zenone et gorgia_. he took diaconal orders in 1791, but almost immediately became professor of classics at breslau. his philosophical works include annotations to garve's translation of the _politics_ of aristotle (1799-1800), and a large share in the _beitrage zur geschichte der philosophie_ (published in twelve parts between 1791 and 1799), in which he collaborated with forberg, reinhold and niethammer. in philology he wrote _encyclopaedia philologica sive primae lineae isagoges in antiquorum studia_ (1798; 2nd ed., 1805); _kurze theorie des lateinischen stils_ (1793); _leitfaden der rhetorik_ (1802); and an annotated edition of the _satires_ of persius. under the pseudonym "edelwald justus" he published several collections of popular tales--_bunte blatter_ (1795); _kleine schriften zur unterhaltung_ (1798); _nebenstunden_ (1799). after his death were published _taschenbuch fur brunnengaste_ (1806) and _kanzelreden_ (1807). he was a frequent contributor to the press, where his writings were very popular. see schummel, _gedachtnisrede_ (1803) and _garve und fulleborn_; meusel, _gelehrtes teutschland_, vol. ii.