Friedrich Heinrich Christian Lübker (18 August 1811,

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– 10 October 1867,

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) was a German educator and

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

. He studied philology and theology at the University of Kiel, receiving his doctorate in 1832. In 1835 he was named school conrector in Schleswig, and in 1848 was appointed rector of the provisional government school in Flensburg, In 1851 he relocated to Parchim as director of its high school (gymnasium). Later he moved to

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in order to spend time pursuing literary interests. In 1864 he returned to Flensburg, where he was tasked with reorganization of its high school system.ADB:Lübker, Friedrich Heinrich Christian
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Literary efforts

He was the author of many works, including a popular dictionary of

classical antiquity Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD centred on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ...

that was issued in numerous editions spanning several decades. He was also published a number of biographical works on various theological figures —

Rhabanus Maurus Rabanus Maurus Magnentius ( 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist and military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia. He was the author of the ...

, Alcuin, the martyrs victimized by

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, Dionysius Areopagita,

Hugo Grotius Hugo Grotius (; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Huig de Groot () and Hugo de Groot (), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright. A teenage intellectual prodigy, he was born in Delft ...

, to name a few. The following are a list of his principal works: * ''Die Sophokleische Theologie und Ethik'', 1851-1855 - Sophoclean theology and ethics. * ''Gesammelte schriften zur philologie und paedagogik'', 1852 - Collected papers on philology and pedagogy. * ''Reallexikon des classischen Alterthums für Gymnasien'', (22 editions published between 1855 and 1914). * ''Handwörterbuch der lateinischen Sprache'', (

Reinhold Klotz Reinhold Klotz (13 March 1807 – 10 August 1870) was a German Classics, classical scholar. Biography Klotz was born in Stollberg near Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony on 13 March 1807. He studied at the University of Leipzig and became assistant ...

, with Lübker and

Ernst Eduard Hudemann Ernst Eduard Hudemann (15 November 1811, Neumünster – 21 December 1889, Plön) was a German educator, philologist and classical historian. He studied philology at the University of Kiel, afterwards working in Kiel as a ''Hülfslehrer'' (t ...

; six editions published between 1857 and 1879) - Dictionary of the

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. * ''Beiträge zur Theologie und Ethik des Euripides'', 1863 - Contributions to the theology and ethics of

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful e ...

. * ''Vorträge über Bildung und Christenthum'', 1863 - Lectures on education and Christianity.WorldCat Identities
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