Friedrich Karl Vollmer (14 November 1867, in Fingscheid, now part of

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– 21 September 1923, in

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) 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 Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and ot ...

who specialized in Latin studies. He studied classical philology at the universities of

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and

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, receiving his doctorate in 1892. After graduation, he worked as a gymnasium teacher in

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and

and, in 1895, was named director of the German School in

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. In 1899, he relocated to

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, where he was appointed head of the ''

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae The ''Thesaurus Linguae Latinae'' (abbreviated as ''ThLL'' or ''TLL'') is a monumental dictionary of Latin founded on historical principles. It encompasses the Latin language from the time of its origin to the time of Isidore of Seville (died ...

'', a project that was initiated by

Eduard Wölfflin Eduard Wölfflin (1 January 1831, Basel – 8 November 1908, Basel) was a Swiss classical philologist. He was the father of art historian Heinrich Wölfflin. Career From 1848 to 1854, he studied at the Universities of Basel and Göttingen ...

. In 1905, he became a full professor of classical philology at the

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and, during the following year, a member of the

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Selected works

* ''Das Nibelungenlied erläutert und gewürdigt'', 1894 – The ''

Nibelungenlied The ( gmh, Der Nibelunge liet or ), translated as ''The Song of the Nibelungs'', is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The is based on an oral tradition of Germani ...

'' explained and appreciated. * ''Goethes Egmont'', 1895 –

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as tr ...

's '' Egmont''. * ''P. Papinii Statii Silvarum libri'', 1898 – edition of

Publius Papinius Statius Publius Papinius Statius (Greek: Πόπλιος Παπίνιος Στάτιος; ; ) was a Greco-Roman poet of the 1st century CE. His surviving Latin poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the ''Thebaid''; a collection of occasional poetry, ...

. * ''Goethes Torquato Tasso'', 1899 – Goethe's ''

Torquato Tasso Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' ( Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between ...

''. * ''Fl. Merobaudis reliquiae. Blossii Aemilii Dracontii Carmina. Eugenii Toletani episcopi Carmina et epistulae'', 1905 ( Flavius Merobaudes,

Dracontius Blossius Aemilius Dracontius () of Carthage was a Christian poet who flourished in Roman Africa during the latter part of the 5th century. He belonged to a family of landowners, and practiced as a lawyer in his native place. After the conquest ...

, Eugenius of Toledo In: Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Auctores antiquissimi XIV). * ''Q. Horati Flacci Carmina'', 1907-12 – editions of Horace. * , 1910ff. (after Emil Baehrens'). * ''Inscriptiones Baivariae Romanae sive inscriptiones Prov. Raetiae adiectis aliquot Noricis Italicisque'', 1915. * ''Quinti Sereni Liber medicinalis'', 1916 (

Serenus Sammonicus Quintus Serenus Sammonicus (died 212) was a Roman savant and tutor to Geta and Caracalla who became fatally involved in politics; he was also author of a didactic medical poem, '' Liber Medicinalis'' ("The Medical Book"; also known as ''De medici ...

In: Corpus Medicorum Latinorum II). * ''Römische Metrik'', 1923 In: Alfred Gercke, Eduard Norden: ''Einleitung in die Altertumswissenschaft'' – Roman metrics.Friedrich Vollmer
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1867 births 1923 deaths Writers from Wuppertal Humboldt University of Berlin alumni University of Bonn alumni Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich German classical philologists German Latinists {{Germany-academic-bio-stub