Gustav Uhlig (9 July 1838 in

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– 14 June 1914 in

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) was a German educator and classical philologist. He was the father of geographer Carl Uhlig (1872–1938). He studied classical philology at the universities of

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and

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, and from 1866 worked as a schoolteacher at the cantonal gymnasium in

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. In 1869 he became an associate professor of classical philology at the University of Zürich, then around 1872 was appointed a gymnasium director in

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, where he also became an honorary professor at the

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. During his career, he traveled widely throughout Europe, taking educational trips to Italy (1869), Greece (1870), France, England, Holland (1874), Sweden, Norway (1887) and Denmark (1888).

Published works

* ''Emendationum Apollonianarum specimen'' (dissertation, 1862). * ''Zur Wiederherstellung des ältesten occidentalischen Compendiums der Grammatik'', 1882 – To the restoration of the oldest Occidental compendiums of grammar. * ''Dionysii Thracis ars grammatica, qualem exemplaria vetustissima exhibent'' (with

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, 1883) – edition of

Dionysius Thrax Dionysius Thrax ( grc-gre, Διονύσιος ὁ Θρᾷξ ''Dionýsios ho Thrâix'', 170–90 BC) was a Greek grammarian and a pupil of Aristarchus of Samothrace. He was long considered to be the author of the earliest grammatical text on the G ...

. * ''Die Stundenpläne für Gymnasien und Realgymnasien in den bedeutendsten Staaten Deutschlands'' (1883) – Timetables for schools and realgymnasiums in the more important states of Germany. * ''Die Einheitsschule mit lateinlosem Unterbau'' (1892). * ''Apollonii Dyscoli de constructione libri quattuor'' (1910) – edition of

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. * ''Die Entwicklung des Kampfes gegen das Gymnasium'' (1910). From 1890 he was editor of the magazine ''Das Humanistische Gymnasium'',Gymnasium (Zeitschrift)
/ref> a publication issued by the ''Deutscher Gymnasialverein'' (German Gymnasium Association).

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* 1838 births 1914 deaths People from Gliwice Heidelberg University faculty University of Zurich faculty University of Bonn alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni German classical philologists {{Germany-academic-bio-stub