Lobegott Samuel Obbarius (12 December 1788,

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– 29 December 1860,

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) was a German educator 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 Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and ot ...

known for his edition and examination of works by the Roman poet Horace. His son, Friedrich August Theodor Obbarius (1817–1855), was also a classical scholar. From 1808 he studied

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and

philology 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 ...

at the

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, where he was a pupil of

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, Johann Christian Wilhelm Augusti, Georg Ludwig Walch and

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. After working as a private tutor for five years in

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, he moved to Frankenhausen, where he served as ''subkonrektor'' at the Lyceum. In 1817 he was appointed "collaborator" to the local church ministry. In 1819 he became a professor at the gymnasium at

, a position he maintained up until his death. In 1842 he was awarded with an honorary degree from the

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, and in 1844 he became a member of the ''Societas Latina Jenensis'' (Latin Society of Jena).

Selected published works

* "Des Quintus Horatius Flaccus erster Brief des ersten Buches", 1822. * "In Horatii epistolam libri I secundam", 1828. * "Horatiana: Kritiken über Horaz betreffende Programme", 1829. * "Quinti Horatii Flacci epistolae commentariis uberrimis instructae" (with Friedrich Ernst Theodor Schmid). * "Rudolstadt, sein Fichtennadel-Dampfbad und seine Umgebungen", 1855. * "Des Q. Horatius Flaccus Oden und Epoden", 1856 (with Friedrich August Theodor Obbarius).Google Search
published works

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Obbarius, Lobegott Samuel 1788 births 1860 deaths German classical philologists University of Jena alumni People from Nordhausen (district)