Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier (1 January 1796 – 5 December 1855) was a

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, born at Glogau.ADB:Meier, Eduard
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At the age of 24, he became an associate professor at the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...

. In 1825, he was named

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of classical philology at the

University of Halle Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

, where he remained until his death.

Friedrich August Wolf Friedrich August Wolf (; 15 February 1759 – 8 August 1824) was a German classicist and is considered the founder of modern philology. Biography He was born in Hainrode, near Nordhausen. His father was the village schoolmaster and organist ...

, and especially Wolf's famous pupil,

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, whose classic work on the public economy of

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appeared in 1817, had a great influence on Meier. His own first important publication dealt with a question in the legal antiquities of Athens, "''Historia Juris Attici de Bonis Damnatorum''", etc. (Berlin, 1819); but his greatest work was written in collaboration with G. F. Schömann, "''Der Attische Process''" (Berlin, 1824); and was crowned by the Berlin Royal Academy. This treatise, now revised by J. H. Lipsius (Berlin 1883–87), remains the standard work on Athenian legal procedure. Meier also prepared an edition of

Demosthenes Demosthenes (; el, Δημοσθένης, translit=Dēmosthénēs; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prow ...

"''Against Meidias''" and published many papers on subjects relating to classical antiquity, especially

Andocides Andocides (; grc-gre, Ἀνδοκίδης, ''Andokides''; c. 440 – c. 390 BC) was a logographer (speech writer) in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium an ...

and

Theophrastus Theophrastus (; grc-gre, Θεόφραστος ; c. 371c. 287 BC), a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He was a native of Eresos in Lesbos.Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin, ''Ancient Botany'', Routledge ...

— these were collected after his death in "''Opuscula''" (1861–63). Much of his energy, however, while resident at Halle, was spent on editorial duties, as he was an editor of the Halle "''Allgemeine Zeitung''" for many years, and also co-editor of the "''Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste''" from 1830 to 1855.

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