Ernst Karl Friedrich Wunderlich (1783 – 14 March 1816) was a German classical

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born in Westerengel, a village near Trebra. He was the father of

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Agathon Wunderlich (1810-1878). He studied

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at the

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, where in 1806 he earned his doctorate. In 1808 he was appointed assessor at the university, where shortly afterwards he became an associate professor. One of his better known students at

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was philologist

Karl Lachmann Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann (; 4 March 1793 – 13 March 1851) was a German philologist and critic. He is particularly noted for his foundational contributions to the field of textual criticism. Biography Lachmann was born in Bruns ...

(1793-1851). Wunderlich died from acute

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when he was in his early thirties. Among his better known literary works are the following: * " Albii Tibulli Carmina libri tres cum quarto libro Sulpiciae et aliorum" (1806; revised posthumously in 1817 by

Georg Ludolf Dissen Georg Ludolf Dissen (17 December 1784 – 21 September 1837) was a German classical philologist who was a native of Groß Schneen, a village in the District of Göttingen. He studied classical philology at the University of Göttingen, wher ...

1784-1837). * "Observationes critica in Aeschyli tragoedias tragoediarumque reliquias" (1809). * " Demosthenis Oratio per corona, Aeschinis in Ctesiphontem" (1810, second edition 1820). * " P. Vergilii Maronis opera in tironum" — completion of the

Christian Gottlob Heyne Christian Gottlob Heyne (; 25 September 1729 – 14 July 1812) was a German classical scholar and archaeologist as well as long-time director of the Göttingen State and University Library. He was a member of the Göttingen School of History. ...

(1729-1812) edition, posthumously released by Friedrich Ernst Ruhkopf (1760-1821) -

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1816.

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German classical philologists People from Kyffhäuserkreis Academic staff of the University of Göttingen 1783 births 1816 deaths Writers from Thuringia {{Germany-academic-bio-stub