Othon Riemann (13 June 1853, in Nancy – 16 August 1891, in

Interlaken , neighboring_municipalities= Bönigen, Därligen, Matten bei Interlaken, Ringgenberg, Unterseen , twintowns = Scottsdale (USA), Ōtsu (Japan), Třeboň (Czech Republic) Interlaken (; lit.: ''between lakes'') is a Swiss town and mun ...

) was a French

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 and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

. He studied at the

École Normale Supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

(ENS) in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, and in 1874 became a member of the

École française d'Athènes The French School at Athens (french: École française d’Athènes, EfA; el, Γαλλική Σχολή Αθηνών ''Gallikí Scholí Athinón'') is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. History ...

(French School of Athens). While a member, he visited various libraries in Italy, during which he collated manuscripts of

Livy Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...

. He then conducted archaeological research of the Ionian Islands, about which, he produced a massive report. After returning to France, he taught classes in

grammar In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structure, structural constraints on speakers' or writers' composition of clause (linguistics), clauses, phrases, and words. The term can also refer to the study of such constraint ...

in his hometown of Nancy.American Journal of Philology, Volume 15
edited by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller, Tenney Frank, Benjamin Dean Meritt, Henry Thompson Rowell, Harold Fredrik Cherniss In 1880 he became an editor of the "''Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes''", and during the following year, attained the chair of grammar at the École Normale Supérieure. From 1885 he taught classes at the

École pratique des hautes études The École pratique des hautes études (), abbreviated EPHE, is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. It is highly selective, and counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions. It is a constituent college o ...

, while still maintaining his post at the ENS. He died on August 16, 1871 (age 38) from the effects of a fall on the Morgenberg, located near

, Switzerland.

Selected works

* ''Études sur la langue et la grammaire de Tite-Live'', 1879 – Studies on the language and grammar of Livy. * ''Qua rei criticae tractandae ratione Hellenicon Xenophontis'' (edition of

Xenophon Xenophon of Athens (; grc, wikt:Ξενοφῶν, 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 Anci ...

), 1879. * ''Recherches archéologiques sur les îles ioniennes'', 1879-80 – Archaeological research on the Ionian islands. * ''Titi Livii ab urbe condita. Libri XXI et XXII'' (as editor, with

Eugène Benoist Eugène Benoist (28 November 1831, Nangis – 23 May 1887, Paris) was a French classical philologist. From 1852 he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, followed by work as a schoolteacher at the lycée in Marseille. In 1862 he o ...

), 1881. * ''Syntaxe latine d'après les principes de la grammaire historique'', 1886 – Latin

syntax In linguistics, syntax () is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Central concerns of syntax include word order, grammatical relations, hierarchical sentence structure ( constituency) ...

according to the principles of historical grammar. * ''Traité de rhythmique & de métrique grecques'', (with Médéric Dufour) 1893 – Treatise on Greek rhythm and meter. * ''Grammaire comparée du grec et du latin. Syntaxe'' (with Henri Goelzer), 1897 – Comparative grammar of Greek and Latin; syntax.HathiTrust Digital Library
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Riemann, Othon 1853 births 1891 deaths People from Nancy, France French philologists French archaeologists French Latinists École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the École Normale Supérieure Members of the French School at Athens Mountaineering deaths