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Gustav Löwe
Carl Gustav Löwe (18 February 1852 in Grimma – 16 December 1883 in Göttingen) was a German classical philologist and librarian. He studied classical philology at the University of Leipzig as a pupil of Friedrich Ritschl. From 1875 he carried out Plautine research in Italy, and in 1878 traveled to Spain in order to prepare materials for the ''Bibliotheca patrum latinorum'' on behalf of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In 1879 he returned to Leipzig, and during the following year, moved to Göttingen, where he served as curator of the university library. He died on 16 December 1883 (age 31) due to consequences of a falling accident. Published works * ''Quaestionum de glossariorum Latinorum fontibus et usu particula commentatio'', 1875. * ''Prodromus corporis glossariorum Latinorum: Quaestiones de glossariorum Latinorum fontibus et usu'', 1876. * ''Analecta Plautina'' (with Georg Goetz, Fritz Schöll, 1877). * ''Exempla scripturae visigoticae 40 tabulis expressa'' (with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimma
Grimma (; , ) is a town in Saxony, Central Germany, on the left bank of the Mulde, southeast of Leipzig. Founded in 1170, it is part of the Leipzig district. Location The town is in northern Saxony, southeast of Leipzig and south of Wurzen. Flooding The river Mulde flows through the town, a significant section of which is situated in a floodplain. Massive floods in 2002 washed away the old Pöppelmannbrücke bridge and caused significant damage to buildings in the town. In the summer of 2013 there was further flood damage. Suburbs * Großbardau (merged with Grimma January 2006) * Döben * Hohnstädt * Höfgen * Beiersdorf * Kaditzsch * Schkortitz * Naundorf * Neunitz * Grechwitz * Dorna * Kleinbardau (merged with Grimma January 2006) * Bernbruch (merged with Grimma 2006) * Waldbardau (merged with Grimma 2006) * Nerchau (merged with Grimma 2011) * Thümmlitzwalde (merged with Grimma 2011) * Großbothen (merged with Grimma 2011) * Mutzschen (merged with Grimma 1 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Goetz
Georg Goetz (3 November 1849, in Gompertshausen – 1 January 1932, in Jena) was a German classical philologist, known for his scholarly treatment of Plautus and Varro. From 1870 to 1873 he studied at the University of Leipzig, where his influences included Friedrich Ritschl. In 1873 he received his doctorate with the dissertation ''De temporibus Ecclesiazuson Aristophanis'', and following graduation, worked as a tutor in St. Petersburg. In 1877 he obtained his habilitation for classical philology at Leipzig, and two years later, became an associate professor at the University of Jena. From 1880 to 1924 he was a full professor of classical philology at Jena, serving as university rector on three separate occasions (1890/91, 1902 and 1910/11). Gravesite of Georg Goetz at the Nordfriedhof in Jena Published works He was co-editor of a four volume work on the comedies of Plautus (''T. Macci Plauti Comoediae''), and made major contributions to the ''Corpus glossariorum Latinorum'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig University Alumni
Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the eighth-largest city in Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted as a Slavic term meaning ''place of linden trees'', in line with many other Slavic placenames in the region. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (the Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster and its tributaries Pleiße and Parthe. The Leipzig Riverside Forest, Europe's largest intra-city riparian forest, has developed along these rivers. Leipzig is at the centre of Neuseenland (''new lake district''). This district has several artificial lakes created from former lignite open-pit mines. Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire. Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two importa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Grimma
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Deaths
Events January * January 4 – ''Life (magazine), Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A Newhall House Hotel Fire, fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. February * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The ''Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an Competition law, antitrust law. * February 28 – The first vaudeville th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1852 Births
Events January–March * January 14 – President Napoleon III, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a French Constitution of 1852, new constitution for the French Second Republic. * January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come together to form what will become Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. * January 17 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the South African Republic, Transvaal. * February 3 – Battle of Caseros, Argentina: The Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos Province, Entre Rios and Corrientes, allied with Brazil and members of Colorado Party (Uruguay), Colorado Party of Uruguay, defeat Buenos Aires troops under Juan Manuel de Rosas. * February 11 – The first British public toilet for women opens in Bedford Street, London. * February 14 – The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits its first patient. * February 15 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Von Hartel
Wilhelm August Ritter von Hartel (28 May 1839 – 14 January 1907) was an Austrian philologist specializing in Classics, classical studies. Biography He was born at Dvorce (Bruntál District), Hof, in Moravia, and studied at the University of Vienna (1859–63). He was appointed professor of classical philology at Vienna in 1872, and made a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Academy in 1875. He became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin Academy in 1893, and became a life member of the Imperial Council (Austria)#House of Lords, Austrian House of Peers () in 1890. In 1899 he was for a short time Minister of Education and Public Worship (), to which post he was reappointed in 1900. Honors In occasion of his 30th anniversary of working at the University of Vienna friends and students dedicated a medal to Wilhelm von Hartel made by the local engraver Anton Scharff. Through Victor von Renner we know that the scene on the revers cites paintings of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Schöll
Friedrich "Fritz" Schöll (8 February 1850 – 14 September 1919) was a German classical philologist, known for his editions of Plautus, Varro and Cicero. He was the son of archaeologist Gustav Adolf Schöll (1805–1882) and the brother of philologist Rudolf Schöll (1844–1893). He was born in Weimar on 8February 1850. He studied at the universities of Göttingen and Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ..., obtaining his habilitation in 1876. From 1877 he was a professor of classical philology at the University of Heidelberg. He died in Rottweil on 14September 1919. Published works He was co-editor of a four volume work on the comedies of Plautus, titled ''T. Macci Plauti Comoediae recensuit instrumento critico et prolegomenis''. In 1901 he published an ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
