Paul Maas (18 November 1880, in

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15 July 1964, in

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) was a German scholar who, along with

Karl Lachmann Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann (; 4 March 1793 – 13 March 1851) was a German philologist and critic. He is particularly noted for his foundational contributions to the field of textual criticism. Biography Lachmann was born in Bruns ...

, founded the field of

textual criticism Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts or of printed books. Such texts may range in ...

. He studied

classical philology 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 ...

at the universities of

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and

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, receiving his doctorate in 1903. In 1910 he obtained his

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and in 1920 became a full professor at Berlin. In 1930 he was appointed chair of classical philology at the

University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg (german: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Prussi ...

. In 1934 he was forced into retirement by the Nazi government, and in 1939 he emigrated to Great Britain, where he taught classes at

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.Maas, Paul
In:

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(NDB). Band 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, , S. 597. After his death, he was buried at

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's Jewish section in

Maas's law

Maas formulated Maas's law, an observation of the layout of bookrolls.

Works by Maas published in English

* ''Textual criticism'' (1958), translation of ''Textkritik'', 1927.Textual criticism
OCLC WorldCat * ''Greek metre'' (1962), translation of ''Griechische metrik'', 1923.

Literature

* Katja Bär: ''Paul Maas''. In: Robert B. Todd (Hrsg.): ''Dictionary of British Classicists'' Vol. 2. Bristol 2004. *

Charles Oscar Brink Charles Oscar Brink (born Karl Oskar Levy; 13 March 1907 – 2 March 1994) was a German-Jewish classicist and Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge University. After an education and an early career as a lexicographer in Weimar Germany, Bri ...

: ''Paul Maas (1880–1964)''. In: '' Eikasmós'' 4, 1993, S. 253–254.
Abstract
*

Richard Kannicht Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

: ''Griechische Metrik''. In:

Heinz-Günther Nesselrath Heinz-Günther Nesselrath (9 November 1957 in Rödingen) is a German philologist. Career Born in Rödingen, Heinz Günther Nesselrath studied classical philology in the University of Cologne from 1976 to 1981. Between 1981 and 1989 he held ...

(Hrsg.): ''Einleitung in die griechische Philologie''. B. G. Teubner, Stuttgart/Leipzig 1997, , S. 343–362. *

Hugh Lloyd-Jones Sir Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones FBA (21 September 1922 – 5 October 2009 Gnomon A gnomon (; ) is the part of a sundial that casts a shadow. The term is used for a variety of purposes in mathematics and other fields. History A painted stick dating from 2300 BC that was excavated at the astronomical site of Taosi is the ol ...

'' 37, 1965, S. 219–221. *

Hugh Lloyd-Jones Sir Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones FBA (21 September 1922 – 5 October 2009Abstract
*

Eckart Mensching Eckart is a German surname, and may refer to: * Anselm Eckart (1721–1809), German Jesuit missionary * Carl Eckart * Dennis E. Eckart (born 1950), American lawyer, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Dietrich Eckart (1868–1923), ...

: ''Über einen verfolgten deutschen Altphilologen: Paul Maas 1880–1964''. Berlin 1987. *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maas, Paul (classical scholar) 1880 births 1964 deaths German classical scholars Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom University of Königsberg faculty Humboldt University of Berlin faculty Textual criticism Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy Burials at Wolvercote Cemetery