Ernst Friedrich Poppo (13 August 17946 November 1866),

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classical scholar and schoolmaster, was born at

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. He studied at Leipzig. In 1818 he was appointed director of the gymnasium at

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, where he died on 6 November 1866, having resigned his post three years before. Poppo was an extremely successful teacher and organizer, and in a few years doubled the number of pupils at the gymnasium. He is chiefly known, however, for his exhaustive and complete edition of

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in four parts (11 vols., 1821-1840), containing: #A ''prolegomenon'' on Thucydides as an historian and on his language and style (English translation by

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, 1837), accompanied by historical and geographical essays #The text with

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and critical notes #A commentary on the text and scholia #Indices and appendices. For the ordinary student a smaller edition (1843–1851) was prepared; this edition was revised after the author's death by Johann Matthias Stahl (1875–1889).

References

* * Rudolf Schwarze in ''

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'' (see ADB:Poppo, Ernst Friedrich in German Wikisource) and authorities there referred to. {{DEFAULTSORT:Poppo, Ernst Friedrich 1794 births 1866 deaths People from Guben German classical scholars