Christian Conrad Ludwig Lange (born 4 March 1825 in

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; died 18 August 1885 in

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) was a German

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and

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Biography

He studied at the

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under

Karl Friedrich Hermann Karl Friedrich Hermann (4 August 1804 – 31 December 1855) was a German classical scholar and antiquary. Biography He was born at Frankfurt-am-Main. Having studied philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg and Leipzig (and taking a degree ...

, and in 1855 became a full professor of

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at the University of Prague. In 1859 he relocated as a professor to the

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (german: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von L ...

, and in 1871 moved to

, where in 1879/80 he served as

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. His principal work was "''Handbuch der römischen Altertümer''" (3rd edition, 1876–79); and he also wrote "''Der homerische Gebrauch der Partikel εἰ''" (1872–73) and "''Die Epheten und der Areopag vor Solon''" (1874). His smaller writings were posthumously collected and edited, with a biographical sketch by K. Lange, under the title "''Kleine Schriften aus dem Gebiete der classischen Alterthumswissenschaft''" (1887).Ludwig Lange (Philologe)
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Family

He married Adelheid Blume in 1854. They had four children: Konrad (1855–1921), an art historian; Ludwig, a physicist; Sophie; and Gertrud.

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References

* This work in turn cites: **Neumann, ''Ludwig Lange'' (Berlin, 1886)
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