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Anton Führer (30 September 1854 – 20 July 1929). was a
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classicist who specialised in the language of
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in Ancient Greece. He completed his dissertation ''De dialecto Boeotica'' at the
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at the
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and had a controversial career in India.Falk, Harry, "Ashes of the Buddha," ''
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He was named an honorary citizen of the city of Rheine, and wrote a book about the city's history.


Personal life

Führer married Helene Busch (died in 1907) in Neuss in 1887 and in 1907 married Therese Becker. He was a father of eight, three of his sons died in World War I.


Works

* ''Geschichte der Stadt Rheine. Von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart.'' A. Rieke Nachf., Rheine 1927 (Neuauflage 1974, Verlag der Buchhandlung Eckers) *''Kurze Geschichte der Stadt Rheine.'' Aschendorff, Münster 1917 *''Geschichte des Gymnasiums Dionysianum in Rheine.'' A. Rieke, Rheine 1909


Works listed in the DNB

# Geschichte der Stadt Rheine Führer, Anton. - Rheine : Eckers, 1974, 2. Aufl. # Geschichte der Stadt Rheine Führer, Anton. - Rheine i. W. : A. Rieke Nachf., 1927 # Abriss der deutschen Grammatik Führer, Anton. - Münster i. W. : Aschendorff, 1918, 3. Aufl. # Kurze Geschichte der Stadt Rheine Führer, Anton. - Rheine : Aschendorff, Münster i. W., 1917 # Sprachgeschichtliche Erläuterungen zur lateinischen Formen- u. Lautlehre Führer, Anton. - Paderb. : Schöningh, 1917 # Sprachwissenschaft und lateinische Schulgrammatik Führer, Anton. - Paderborn : Schöningh, 1917 # Geschichte des Gymnasiums Dionysianum in Rheine Führer, Anton. - Rheine : A. Rieke, 1909 # Deutsches Lesebuch für die unteren und mittleren Klassen höherer LehranstaltencFührer, Anton. - Münster : Aschendorff # Uebungsstoff für ... des lateinischen Unterrichts Führer, Anton. - Paderborn : Schöningh # Übungsstoff für die Mittelstufe des lateinischen Unterrichts Führer, Anton. - Paderborn : F. Schöningh # Übungsstoffe für den lateinischen Unterricht Schultz, Ferdinand. - Paderborn : Ferd. Schöningh # Vorschule für den ersten Unterricht im Lateinischen Führer, Anton. - Paderborn : Schöningh


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuhrer, Anton German classical scholars German philologists Hellenists University of Göttingen alumni 1854 births 1929 deaths