Johann Christoph Wilhelm Ludwig Döderlein (19 December 1791 – 9 November 1863) was a German

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Biography

Ludwig Döderlein was born at

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. His father was Johann Christoph Döderlein, professor of

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at Jena. After receiving his preliminary education at Windsheim and Schulpforta (

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), he studied at

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and

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. He devoted his chief attention to

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under the instruction of such men as F. Thiersch, G. F. Creuzer, J. H. Voss, F. A. Wolf, August Boeckh and P. K. Buttmann. In 1815, soon after completing his studies at Berlin, he accepted the appointment of ordinary professor of philology in the academy of Bern. In 1819 he was transferred to Erlangen, where he became second professor of philology in the

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and rector of the gymnasium. In 1827 he became first professor of philology and rhetoric and director of the philological

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Works

Döderlein's most elaborate work as a philologist was marred by over-subtlety, and lacked method and clearness. He is best known by his ''Lateinische Synonymen und Etymologien'' (1826-1838), and his ''Homerisches Glossarium'' (1850-1858). To the same class belong his ''Lateinische Wortbildung'' (1838), ''Handbuch der lateinischen Synonymik'' (1839), and the ''Handbuch der lateinischen Etymologie'' (1841), besides various works of a more elementary kind intended for the use of schools and gymnasia. Most of the works named have been translated into

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. To critical philology Döderlein contributed valuable editions of

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(''Opera'', 1847; ''Germania'', with a German translation) and Horace (''Epistolae'', with a German translation, 1856-1858; ''Satirae'', 1860). His ''Reden und Aufsätze'' (Erlangen, 1843-1847) and ''Öffentliche Reden'' (1860) consist chiefly of academic addresses dealing with various subjects in pedagogy and philology.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doderlein, Ludwig 1791 births 1863 deaths German philologists People from Erlangen Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg