Friedrich Ludwig Abresch (29 December 1699, Homburg - 1782) was a Dutch

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

origins. Born in Homburg, the reasons that led him to move to the Netherlands are uncertain. He visited the college in Herborn and the

University of Utrecht Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

. He was a scholar of Karl Andreas Duker and Arnold Drakenborch. However he followed rather the teachings of

Tiberius Hemsterhuis Tiberius Hemsterhuis (9 January 16857 April 1766) was a Dutch philologist and critic. Life He was born in Groningen. His father, a learned physician, gave him a good early education and he entered the university of his native city in his fiftee ...

and engaged in

Greek literature Greek literature () dates back from the ancient Greek literature, beginning in 800 BC, to the modern Greek literature of today. Ancient Greek literature was written in an Ancient Greek dialect, literature ranges from the oldest surviving writte ...

as far as his work allowed this. In 1723 he was appointed co-rector, in 1725 rector in

Middelburg Middelburg may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Europe * Middelburg, Zeeland, the capital city of the province of Zeeland, southwestern Netherlands ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg, a former Catholic diocese with its see in the Zeeland ...

. After the death of his first wife, he remarried a rich woman from

Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is on ...

and willingly accepted the offer to take the local rectorate. He remained in office until his death in 1782.

Publications

* several articles in ''Miscellaneae observationes'', beginning with volume 7. * ''Animadversiones in Aeschylum libri II'', 1743 * ''Lectionum Aristaenetearum libri II'', 1749 * ''Virorum aliquot eruditorum in Arist. coniecturae'', 1752 * ''Dilucidationes Thucydideae'' 1753, 1755 * ''Animadversiones in Aeschylum libri III'', 1763

Sources

* ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie''
online version
1699 births 1782 deaths Dutch philologists German philologists People from Homburg, Saarland {{Germany-linguist-stub