Curt Wachsmuth (27 April 1837,

Naumburg an der Saale Naumburg () is a town in (and the administrative capital of) the district Burgenlandkreis, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Central Germany. It has a population of around 33,000. The Naumburg Cathedral became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 20 ...

– 8 June 1905,

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) was a German

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

and

classical philologist 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. Cla ...

. He was a son-in-law to philologist Friedrich Ritschl.

Academic biography

From 1856 to 1860 he studied at the universities of

Jena Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a po ...

and

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

, where he later received his habilitation in classical philology and ancient history. In 1864 he became a professor in ancient history at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the worl ...

, followed by professorships in classical philology at the universities of

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

(1869–1877) and

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(1877–1885). From 1885 to 1905 he was a professor of classical philology and ancient history 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 ...

. In 1897/98 he served as university rector.Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig
Biographical sketch

Published works

Among his better written efforts were a two volume work on ancient

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...

(1874, 1890), an introduction to the study of ancient history (1895) and with

Otto Hense Kurt Otto Friedrich Hense (11 April 1845, Halberstadt – 11 March 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German classical philologist known for his investigations of Sophocles and the anthologist Stobaeus. In 1868 he obtained his doctorate from the ...

, a five volume edition of

Stobaeus Joannes Stobaeus (; grc-gre, Ἰωάννης ὁ Στοβαῖος; fl. 5th-century AD), from Stobi in Macedonia, was the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors. The work was originally divided into two volumes containing ...

' ''Anthologium''. * ''De Cratete Mallota disputavit adiectis eius reliquiis'', Leipzig 1860 (S. 1-36 appeared as dissertation) * ''Die Stadt Athen im Altertum'', 2 volumes, Leipzig 1874, 1890 – The city of Athens in antiquity * ''Studien zu den griechischen Florilegien'', 1882 – Studies of Greek

florilegia In medieval Latin, a ' (plural ') was a compilation of excerpts or sententia from other writings and is an offshoot of the commonplacing tradition. The word is from the Latin ''flos'' (flower) and '' legere'' (to gather): literally a gathering of ...

* ''Ioannis Stobaei Anthologium'' (with Otto Hense), 5 volumes. 1884–1912 – edition of Stobaeus * ''Sillographorum Graecorum reliquiae. Praecedit commentatio de Timone Phliasio ceterisque sillographis'', Leipzig 1885 * ''Neue Beiträge zur Topographie von Athen'', 1887 – New contributions on the topography of Athens * ''Einleitung in das Studium der alten Geschichte'', Leipzig 1895 – Introduction to the study of ancient history * ''Ioannis Laurentii Lydi Liber de Ostentis et Calendaria graeca omnia'', 1897 – edition of

John the Lydian John the Lydian or John Lydus ( el, ; la, Ioannes Laurentius Lydus) (ca. AD 490 – ca. 565) was a Byzantine administrator and writer on antiquarian subjects. Life and career He was born in 490 AD at Philadelphia in Lydia, whence his cognomen ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wachsmuth, Curt 1837 births 1905 deaths German antiquarians German classical philologists 19th-century German historians University of Jena alumni University of Bonn alumni University of Marburg faculty Leipzig University faculty Rectors of Leipzig University Heidelberg University faculty University of Göttingen faculty People from Naumburg (Saale)