Rudolf Helm (2 March 1872 – 29 November 1966) was a German

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 Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and ot ...

Life

Born Rudolf Wilhelm Oskar Helm in Berlin, he studied at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

. After completing his studies, Helm traveled through Italy and Greece on a travel grant from the

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. He was an assistant teacher for a short while. In 1897, he accepted the position of assistant to the Professor of Classical Philology at the Institute for Ancient Studies of the University of Berlin. As an assistant, Helm gave lectures, managed the institute's library, and assisted students. In 1899, he became a private lecturer until 1907 when he was appointed Associate 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 ...

, later becoming a full professor. In July 1920, Helm became the rector of the University until 1922. He was suspended from teaching in 1933 from May to November because of mismanagement of club dormitory funds. Helm retired temporarily from 1937 to 1945, until he returned to teaching as a Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Rostock. He retired in 1948 and died in

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Works

Helm edited all of the non-philosophical work by

Apuleius Apuleius (; also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – after 170) was a Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He lived in the Roman province of Numidia, in the Berber city of Madauros, modern-day ...

, a task which took him 10 years to complete.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Helm, Rudolf 1872 births 1966 deaths Scholars of ancient Roman philosophy German classical philologists

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