Karl Heinrich Frotscher (6 May 1796, in

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– 9 April 1876, in Freiberg) was a German classical philologist, known for his scholarly editions of

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and Velleius. From 1815 he studied philology at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...

, where his teachers included

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and

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. He served as an auxiliary teacher at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig, and in 1820 became an instructor at the Nikolaischule. From 1822 he worked as a

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at the Ratsbibliothek (council library), and in 1826 obtained his

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at the university.Frotscher, Karl Heinrich
Sächsische Biografie

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Frotscher, Karl Heinrich
In:

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(ADB). Band 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, S. 150. In 1828 he was named an associate professor at the university and promoted to conrector at the Nikolaischule. In 1835 he was appointed rector at the gymnasium in Annaberg-Buchholz, and from 1843 worked in a similar capacity at the gymnasium in Freiberg, a position he maintained up until his retirement in 1865.

Selected works

* ''Xenophontis Hiero'' : recensuit et interpretatus est (edition of Xenophon's '' Hiero'', 1822)
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* ''Quae exstant. Ex recensione et cum adnotationibus Theophili Cortii'' (edition of

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, 1825). * ''Institutionum oratoriarum liber decimus'' (edition of

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, 1826). * ''Marci Fabi Quinctiliani Institutionum oratoriarum liber decimus'' (edition of Quintilian, 1826). * ''Eloquentium virorum narrationes de vitis hominum doctrina et virtute excellentium'' (1826). * ''M. Tullii Ciceronis Ad Marcus Brutum Orator'' (with Heinrich Meyer / edition of Cicero, 1827). * ''C. Velleii Paterculi quae supersunt ex Historiae romanae voluminibus duobus'' (with others / edition of Velleius, 1830). * ''P. Rutilii Lupi De figuris sententiarum et elocutionis libri duo item Aquilae romani et Iulii Rufiniani de eodem argumento libri'' (with David Ruhnken / edition of

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, 1831). * ''M. Tullii Ciceronis Oratio pro P. Sulla'' (edition of Cicero, 1831). * ''Q. Asconius Pedianus in M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationem'' (edition of Asconius Pedianus, 1845).HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frotscher, Karl Heinrich 1796 births 1876 deaths People from Saale-Orla-Kreis Leipzig University alumni Academic staff of Leipzig University 19th-century German educators German classical philologists