Karl Wilhelm Krüger (28 September 1796 – 1 May 1874) was a German
Hellenist
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.
Biography
He was born at
Gross-Nossin in
Pomerania
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, and educated at
Halle (1816–20). From 1820 to 1838 he taught at
Zerbst
Zerbst () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until an administrative reform in 2007, Zerbst was the capital of the former Anhalt-Zerbst district.
Geography
Zerbst is situated in the Anhalt-Wittenberg regi ...
,
Bernburg
Bernburg (Saale) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the Salzlandkreis district. The former residence of the Anhalt-Bernburg princes is known for its Renaissance castle.
Geography
The town centre is situated in the fertile Magdeburg ...
, and
Berlin
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where he worked at the
Joachimsthal Gymnasium
The Joachimsthal Gymnasium ( German ''Joachimsthalsches'' or ''Joachimsthaler Gymnasium''), was a princely high school (German ''Fürstenschule'') for gifted boys, founded in 1607 in Joachimsthal, Brandenburg. In 1636, during the Thirty Years' Wa ...
under the directorship of
August Meineke
Johann Albrecht Friedrich August Meineke (also ''Augustus Meineke''; ; 8 December 179012 December 1870), German classical scholar, was born at Soest in the Duchy of Westphalia. He was father-in-law to philologist Theodor Bergk. . Afterwards he worked as a private scholar in
Nauen
Nauen is a small town in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is chiefly known for Nauen Transmitter Station, the world's oldest preserved radio transmitting installation.
Geography
Nauen is situated within the Havelland Luch gla ...
,
Neuruppin
Neuruppin (; North Brandenburgisch: ''Reppin'') is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, the administrative seat of Ostprignitz-Ruppin district. It is the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) and therefore also referred to as ''Font ...
,
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
and
Weinheim, where he died in 1874 of a
stroke.
Works
* ''Griechische Sprachlehre für Schulen'' (“Greek language instruction for schools”, 1842–56; 6th ed. 1892)
* ''Historisch-philologische Studien'' (“Historical-philological studies", 1836–51)
* ''Kritische Analekten'' (“Selected criticism”, 1863–74)
He also published editions of
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 ...
,
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 ...
,
Herodotus
Herodotus ( ; grc, , }; BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer
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, and
Arrian. His writings on Greek
syntax were later edited, translated into English and published with the titles "Attic Greek prose syntax" (1997–98) and "Greek syntax : early Greek poetic and Herodotean syntax" (2002-03).
Most widely held works by K. W Krüger
WorldCat Identities
References
* This work in turn cites:
** Pökel, ''Krügers Lebensabriss'' (“A sketch of Krüger's life,” Leipzig, 1885)
External links
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1796 births
1874 deaths
People from Bytów County
People from the Province of Pomerania
German classical philologists
University of Halle alumni