Friedrich August Eckstein (6 May 1810 – 15 November 1885) was a German

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 ...

and educator born in

Halle an der Saale Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anh ...

. He studied

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at the

University of Halle Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

, earning his doctorate in 1831. In 1839 he became head of the Royal Pädagogium in Halle, and in 1849 was appointed ''Kondirektor'' at the ''Franckesche Stiftungen'' ( Francke Foundation). In 1863 he moved to

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as an

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at the

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and as

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of the

Thomanerchor The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. The choir comprises about 90 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called ''Thomaner'', reside in a boarding scho ...

. He held the title of

at the Thomanerchor until 1881.Catalogus Professorum lipsiensium
(biographical sketch) Eckstein died in Leipzig.

Selected publications

* ''Chronik der Stadt Halle''; ("Chronicle of Halle an der Saale"; 6 volumes), Halle 1842/43. * ''Familiaris interpretatio primae satirae Horatianae'', 1865.IDREF.fr
bibliography * ''Nomenclator philologorum'';

Teubner The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, or ''Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana'', also known as Teubner editions of Greek and Latin texts, comprise one of the most thorough modern collection published of ancient (and some medieval) ...

, Leipzig 1871. * ''Lateinischer Unterricht. Geschichte und Methode'' ("Latin lessons, history and method"); second edition,

Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine Wettins from 1640 until the ...

1880. * ''Lateinischer und griechischer Unterricht'' ("Latin and Greek lessons"), Leipzig 1887.

Notes

References

* ''This article incorporates translated text from an equivalent article at the

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, whose references include''
Eckstein, Friedrich August
In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, , S. 304 f.

External links

* Leipzig University faculty Writers from Halle (Saale) German classical philologists 1810 births 1885 deaths St. Thomas School, Leipzig teachers {{Germany-academic-bio-stub