Curt Wachsmuth
Curt Wachsmuth (27 April 1837, Naumburg an der Saale – 8 June 1905, Leipzig) was a German historian and classical philologist. He was a son-in-law to philologist Friedrich Ritschl.
Academic biography[]
From 1856 to 1860 he studied at the universities of Jena and Bonn, where he later received his habilitation in classical philology and ancient history. In 1864 he became a professor in ancient history at the University of Marburg, followed by professorships in classical philology at the universities of Göttingen (1869–1877) and Heidelberg (1877–1885). From 1885 to 1905 he was a professor of classical philology and ancient history at the University of Leipzig. In 1897/98 he served as university rector.[1]
Published works[]
Among his better written efforts were a two volume work on ancient Athens (1874, 1890), an introduction to the study of ancient history (1895) and with Otto Hense, a five volume edition of Stobaeus' Anthologium.[2]
- De Cratete Mallota disputavit adiectis eius reliquiis, Leipzig 1860 (S. 1-36 appeared as dissertation).
- Die Stadt Athen im Altertum, 2 volumes, Leipzig 1874, 1890 – The city of Athens in antiquity.
- Studien zu den griechischen Florilegien, 1882 – Studies of Greek florilegia.
- Ioannis Stobaei Anthologium (with Otto Hense), 5 volumes. 1884–1912 – edition of Stobaeus.
- Sillographorum Graecorum reliquiae. Praecedit commentatio de Timone Phliasio ceterisque sillographis, Leipzig 1885.
- Neue Beiträge zur Topographie von Athen, 1887 – New contributions on the topography of Athens.
- Einleitung in das Studium der alten Geschichte, Leipzig 1895 – Introduction to the study of ancient history.
- Ioannis Laurentii Lydi Liber de Ostentis et Calendaria graeca omnia, 1897 – edition of John the Lydian.[3][4][1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig Biographical sketch
- ^ The eithteenth century in Germany, and the nineteenth century in Europe by John Edwin Sandys.
- ^ Most widely held works by Curt Wachsmuth OCLC WorldCat Identities
- ^ IDREF.fr bibliography
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