1 6 4 0 s ▁as ▁a ▁powerful ▁protagon ist ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁language . ▁Ad m itted ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 2 ▁to ▁the ▁leading ▁patri otic ▁language ▁society , ▁the ▁F ru cht br ing ende ▁Gesellschaft ▁or ▁' F ruct ifying ▁Society ', ▁Sch ott el ius ▁took ▁as ▁his ▁society ▁name ▁Der ▁Such ende ▁(' The ▁Se ek er '), ▁eng aging ▁vig or ously ▁in ▁its ▁controvers ies ▁on ▁fund ament als ▁of ▁grammar ▁and ▁lex ical ▁pur ity . ▁In ▁ 1 6 4 5 ▁or ▁ 1 6 4 6 ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Peg nes ischer ▁Bl umen orden , ▁head ed ▁in ▁N ür n berg ▁by ▁Georg ▁Philipp ▁H ars d ör f fer ▁( 1 6 0 7 – 1 6 5 8 ) ▁and ▁later ▁Sig mund ▁von ▁Bir ken ▁( 1 6 2 6 – 1 6 8 1 ). ▁In ▁ 1 6 4 6 ▁he ▁obtained ▁a ▁doctor ate ▁in ▁laws ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Hel m sted t . ▁ ▁Ach iev ements ▁as ▁a ▁writer ▁ ▁Though ▁he ▁also ▁distinguished ▁himself ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁poetry , ▁po etic ▁theory ▁and ▁drama , ▁Sch ott el ius ▁is ▁chief ly ▁memor able ▁for ▁his ▁ins ights ▁and ▁achiev ements ▁as ▁a ▁lingu ist . ▁Act ing ▁like ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁contempor aries ▁in ▁a ▁spirit ▁of ▁cultural ▁and ▁lingu istic ▁patri ot ism . ▁he ▁sought ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁low ly ▁status ▁of