Christian Friedrich Neue (19 December 1799,

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– 14 July 1886,

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) was a German classical philologist. He obtained his education in

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as a student of philologist

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. Beginning in 1820, he taught classes at Schulpforta. From 1831 to 1861, he was a professor of classical philology at the University of Dorpat, where for several years he served as university rector (1836–1839, 1843–1851).

Written works

His major work involving morphology of the

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, ''Formenlehre der lateinischen Sprache'', was released in four volumes. He was also the author of scholarly editions of works by the

lyric poet Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. It is not equivalent to song lyrics, though song lyrics are often in the lyric mode, and it is also ''not'' equi ...

s Bacchylides and

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. * "Bacchylidis Cei Fragmenta", 1822. * "Sapphonis Mytilenaeae fragmenta : specimen operae in omnibus artis Graecorum lyricae reliquiis excepto Pindaro collocandae", 1827. * ''Formenlehre der lateinischen Sprache'' (4 volumes, third edition 1892-1905) - Morphology of the Latin language. ** Volume 1. Das Substantivum. ** Volume 2. Adjectiva, Numeralia, Pronomina, Adverbis, Präpositionen, Konjunktionen, Interjektionen. ** Volume 3. Das Verbum. ** Volume 4. Register mit Zusätzen und Verbesserungen. Archive.org; University of Toronto - Robarts Library
Formenlehre der lateinischen Sprache (May 1902)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neue, Christian Friedrich 1799 births 1886 deaths People from Spandau Academic staff of the University of Tartu Rectors of the University of Tartu German classical philologists