Julius Ludwig Ideler (3 September 1809, in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

– 17 July 1842, in Berlin) was a German

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 ...

and naturalist. He was the son of astronomer

Christian Ludwig Ideler Christian Ludwig Ideler (21 September 1766 – 10 August 1846) was a German chronologist and astronomer. Life He was born in Gross-Brese near Perleberg. His earliest work was the editing in 1794 of an astronomical almanac for the Prussian gover ...

. From 1828 he studied medicine, mathematics and natural sciences at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative ...

, where in 1834 he obtained his habilitation for language research. He died on 17 July 1842 in Berlin, age 32.ADB:Ideler, Julius Ludwig
In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, S. 745 f. He was the author of books on ancient and modern languages and literature as well as on works involving natural sciences, being especially known for his studies of classical Greek and Roman

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Selected works

* ''Handbuch der französischen sprache und literatur'' (4 volumes, 1826–35; with Johann Wilhelm Heinrich Nolte) – Handbook of French language and literature. * ''Meteorologia veterum Graecorum et Romanorum'' ''— Prolegomena ad novam Meteorologicorum Aristotelis — Editionem adornandam'', 1832. * ''Ueber den Ursprung der Feuerkugeln und des Nordlichts'', 1832 – On the origin of fireballs and the Northern Lights. * ''Untersuchungen über den Hagel und die elektrischen Erscheinungen in unserer Atmosphäre'', 1833 – Studies of hail and electrical phenomena in the atmosphere. * ''Aristotelous Meteōrologika : Aristotelis Meteorologicorum libri IV'' (edition of

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of ph ...

; 2 volumes, 1834–36). * ''Die sage von dem schuss des Tell; eine historisch-kritische abhandlung'', 1836.
''Kritische untersuchungen über die historische entwickelung der geographischen kenntnisse von der Neuen welt und die fortschritte der nautischen astronomie in dem 15ten und 16ten jahrhundert''
(3 volumes, 1836–52; by

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, ...

); volume 3, new edition; translation of ''Examen critique de l'histoire de la géographie du Nouveau continent'' 1. ptie., 4. section" of ''Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland''. * ''Psalterium coptice'', 1837. * ''Leben und Wandel Karls des Grossen, beschrieben von Einhard. Einleitung, Urschrift, Erläuterung, Urkundensammlung'' (edition of Einhard; 2 volumes, 1839) – Life and actions of

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. * ''Hermapion; sive, Rudimenta hieroglyphicae veterum Aegyptiorum literaturae'', 1841. * ''Physici et medici Graeci minores'' (2 volumes, 1841–42). * ''Namen- und Sach-Verzeichniss zu Carl Ritter's Erdkunde von Asien'' (as editor; 3 volumes, 1841–49) – List of names and articles in

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's geography of Asia.Most widely held works by Julius Ludwig Ideler
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ideler, Julius Ludwig 1809 births 1842 deaths Writers from Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin alumni German classical philologists German naturalists Linguists from Germany