Friedrich Gotthilf Osann (August 22, 1794, in

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– 30 November 1858, in

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) was a German

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. He was a brother to physician Emil Osann (1787–1842) and

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Gottfried Osann Gottfried Wilhelm Osann (26 October 1796, Weimar – 10 August 1866, Würzburg) was a German chemist and physicist. He is known for his work on the chemistry of platinum metals. He studied natural sciences and became a ''privatdozent'' in physic ...

(1796–1866). He received his education at the Universities of

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and

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, where he was a student of August Boeckh. In 1816 he obtained his PhD, and during the following year undertook an educational journey through

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and

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. In 1821 he was appointed an associate professor of

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at Jena, followed by a full professorship at the

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in 1825.

Literary work

Osann was the author of a major work on Greek and Roman

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, titled ''Beiträge zur griechischen und römischen Litteraturgeschichte'' (two volumes 1834 & 1839). Other principal written efforts include: * Sylloge Inscriptionum antiquarum Graecarum et Latinarum 1834. * Disputatio de tabula Patronatus Latina cum epimetro de litterarum B et V permutatione, 1839. * F. Osann commentatio de gemma scalpta christiana, 1843. * Quaestionum Homericarum Particula, 1851. * Prolegomena ad Eustathii Macrembolitae de amoribus Hysminiae et Hysmines drama ab se edenbum, 1855. * Pindari Pyth. III. Enarratio. 1858.WorldCat Identities
(publications)

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