Friedrich Gottlob Haase (4 January 1808 – 16 August 1867) was a German classical scholar. He was born in

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebu ...

on 4 January 1808. Haase studied at the Universities of Halle,

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, and

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. In 1834, he obtained an appointment at

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, but he was suspended and sentenced to six years' imprisonment for identifying himself with the Burschenschaften (students' associations). He visited

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, after serving one year of his sentence. Upon his return in 1840, he was appointed professor at the

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, where he remained until his death. He was undoubtedly one of the more successful teachers of his day in Germany and exercised great influence upon all his pupils. Haase edited several classic authors: *

Xenophon Xenophon of Athens (; grc, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies o ...

(1833) *

Thucydides Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His '' History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of " scienti ...

(1840) with Latin translation, a ''Life'' of Thucydides attributed to Marcellinus and Greek ''scholia'' to Thucydides' text *

Velleius Paterculus Marcus Velleius Paterculus (; c. 19 BC – c. AD 31) was a Roman historian, soldier and senator. His Roman history, written in a highly rhetorical style, covered the period from the end of the Trojan War to AD 30, but is most useful for the per ...

(1858) * Seneca the philosopher (2nd edition, 1872) *

Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving portions of his two major works—the ...

(1855) His ''Vorlesungen über lateinische Sprachwissenschaft'' was published after his death by Friedrich August Eckstein and Hermann Peter (1874–1880).Vorlesungen uber lateinische sprachwissenschaft
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Conrad Bursian Conrad Bursian (; 14 November 1830 – 21 September 1883) was a German philologist and archaeologist. Biography He was born at Mutzschen in Saxony. When his parents moved to Leipzig, he received his early education at Thomasschule zu Leipzig. ...

, ''Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in Deutschland'' (1883) *G Fickert, ''Friderici Haasii memoria'' (1868), with a list of works *T Ölsner in ''Rübezahl'' (''Schlesische Provinzialblatter''), vii. Heft 3, Breslau, (1868) {{DEFAULTSORT:Haase, Friedrich Gottlob 1808 births 1867 deaths Writers from Magdeburg German classical scholars University of Greifswald alumni University of Halle alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni University of Breslau faculty Member of the Prussian National Assembly