Eduard Schwartz (22 August 1858 – 13 February 1940) was a German classical

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined ...

. Born in

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, he studied under

Hermann Sauppe Hermann Sauppe (9 December 1809 – 15 September 1893) was a German classical philologist and epigraphist born in Weesenstein, near Dresden. In 1832 he earned his doctorate from the University of Leipzig, where he was a student of Gottfrie ...

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, under

Hermann Usener Hermann Karl Usener (23 October 1834 – 21 October 1905) was a German scholar in the fields of philology and comparative religion. Life Hermann Usener was born at Weilburg and educated at its Gymnasium. From 1853 he studied at Heidelberg ...

and Franz Bücheler in

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, under

Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th centur ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...

and under

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Enno Friedrich Wichard Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (22 December 1848 – 25 September 1931) was a German classical philologist. Wilamowitz, as he is known in scholarly circles, was a renowned authority on Ancient Greece and its literatur ...

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. In 1880 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Bonn.Schwartz, Eduard
@ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie In 1884, he became a lecturer in Bonn, afterwards being appointed professor of classical philology at the

University of Rostock The University of Rostock (german: link=no, Universität Rostock) is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continen ...

(1887). This was followed by professorships at the Universities of

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(1893),

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(1897), Göttingen (1902) and

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(1909). In 1914 he returned to Strasbourg, where he served as university rector in 1915/16. In 1919 he was a successor to Otto Crusius at the University of Munich. He published numerous articles and works in the area of Greek and

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, including on the Catilinarian conspiracy. His ''magnum opus'' was a publication of the acts of oecumenical councils (ACO) from

Ephesus Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built i ...

(431) onwards. He also started the edition of

Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Chris ...

' works in the GCS series, editing the '' Ecclesiastical History'' with the facing edition of Rufinus' translation by

, and the ancient and Byzantine ''scholia'' to

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars ...

' tragedies. A friend of the Italian philologist Giorgio Pasquali (met in Gottingen in 1909), Schwartz asserted that the ecclesiastical history was part of the material history of human kind and therefore within German universities. Schwartz died in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...

in 1940.

Bibliography

* "De Dionysio Scytobrachione", (dissertation), Bonn 1880. * "Scholia in Euripidem", critical edition (volumes 1–2), Berlin 1887 * "Quaestiones Herodotae", 1890. * ''Christliche und jüdische Ostertafeln'' (1905)
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* " Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum" (The Acts of the Ecumenical Councils) Berlin & Leipzig, 1914–1940. ** Tome 1: Concilium Universale Ephesenum (AD 431) ** Tome 2: Concilium Universale Chalcedonense (AD 451) ** Tome 3: Collectio Sabbaitica contra Acephalos et Origenistas destinata (AD 536) ** Tome 4: Concilium Universale Constantinopolitanum sub Iustiniano habitum (AD 553). * ''Zur Entstehung der Ilias'' (On the origin of the

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Ody ...

), Strasbourg 1918. * ''Das Geschichtswerk des Thukydides'', (The historical works of

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 ...

), Bonn 1919, second edition 1929. * "Codex Vaticanus Gr. 1431, Eine Antichalkedonische Sammlung Aus Der Zeit Kaiser Zenos", etc. Saint_Cyril,_Patriarch_of_Alexandria._With_Introduction_and_Notes_by_E._Schwartz,_1927.html" ;"title="Saint Cyril of Alexandria">Saint Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria. With Introduction and Notes by E. Schwartz, 1927">Saint Cyril of Alexandria">Saint Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria. With Introduction and Notes by E. Schwartz, 1927Google Search
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