Richard Carl Meister (July 27, 1848 – November 30, 1912) was a German

classical scholar Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

and

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

born in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

. He specialized in the field of Greek dialects. From 1872 he taught classes at Nikolai Gymnasium in

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 ...

, where in 1892 he received the title of professor. Among his written works are the following: * ''De dialecto Heracliensium italicorum'', 1871. * ''Die griechischen Dialekte auf Grundlage von Ahrens' Werk: De Graecae linguae dialectis'' ( Greek dialects on the basis of Franz Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens' work: "De Graecae Linguae Dialectis"); (2 volumes 1882, 1889). * ''Zum eleischen, arkadischen und kyprischen Dialekte'' (On Elean, Arcadian and Cypriot dialects), 1890.Richard Meister
de.Wikisource * ''Die Mimiamben des Herodas'' (The "Mimiamben" of

Herodas The first column of the Herodas papyrus, showing ''Mimiamb'' 1. 1–15. Herodas, or Herondas ( or – the name is spelt differently in the few places where he is mentioned), was a Greek poet and the author of short humorous dramatic scenes ...

), 1893. * ''Dorer und Achäer'' (

Dorians The Dorians (; , , singular , ) were one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Greeks, Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans (tribe), Achaeans, and Ionians). They are almost alw ...

and Achaeans), 1904.

References

Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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(list of publications) German classical scholars Writers from Dresden 19th-century German linguists Dialectologists 1848 births 1912 deaths {{Germany-linguist-stub