Karl August Baumeister (24 April 1830, in

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– 22 May 1922, in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

) was a German educator and

classical philologist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

Biography

From 1848 to 1852 he studied

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...

at the Universities of

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

and

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...

, afterwards taking study trips through

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and

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(1853-1855). After his return to Germany, he worked in the education service at Blochmann's Institute ("Vitzthum Gymnasium") in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

(1855), then at the '' Französisches Gymnasium'' in

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(1856). He later served as an educator in the cities of

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and

Halberstadt Halberstadt ( Eastphalian: ''Halverstidde'') is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the capital of Harz district. Located north of the Harz mountain range, it is known for its old town center that was greatly destroyed by Allied bombi ...

.Baumeister, Karl August
@ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie In 1871 he relocated to

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

, where he was appointed ''Regierungsrat''. In 1882 he was relieved of his duties in Strasbourg by

Edwin von Manteuffel Edwin Karl Rochus Freiherr von Manteuffel (24 February 180917 June 1885) was a Prussian ''Generalfeldmarschall'' noted for his victories in the Franco-Prussian War, and the first Imperial Lieutenant (german: Reichsstatthalter) of Alsace–Lorra ...

, the governor of Alsace-Lorraine. Subsequently, he settled in Munich as a writer. For his work involving pictures of ancient buildings, statues and artifacts, he employed " autotypy", a photographic process that had recently been developed by (1841-1912). Baumeister was the primary author of a highly regarded educational manual for secondary schools titled ''Handbuch der Erziehungs- und Unterrichtslehre für höhere Schulen''.

Published works

* "Prolegomena critica ad Batrachomyomachiam", (dissertation), Göttingen 1852. * ''Hymni Homerici'', 1860. * ''Topographische Skizze der Insel Euboia'', 1864 – Topographical sketches of

Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

. * ''Culturbilder aus Griechenlands Religion und Kunst : populäre Vorträge'', 1865 – On Greek religion and art: popular lectures. * "Spicilegi critici in scriptores Graecos et Latinos particula", 1869. * ''Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums zur Erläuterung des Lebens der Griechen und Römer in Religion, Kunst und Sitte'', 1885–88.(3 volumes, primary author) – Monuments of classical antiquity to illustrate the life of the Greeks and Romans in religion, art and customs. * ''Bilder aus dem griechischen und römischen Altertum für Schüler'', 1889 – Pictures from Greek and Roman antiquity for students.Bibliography of Baumeister
de.Wikisource * ''Handbuch der Erziehungs- und Unterrichtslehre für höhere Schulen'', 1895–98 (4 volumes) – Handbook of educational and teaching instruction for secondary schools.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baumeister, August 1830 births 1922 deaths Writers from Hamburg 19th-century German educators German classical philologists University of Göttingen alumni University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni