Anton Baumstark (14 April 1800 in

Sinzheim Sinzheim is a municipality in the district of Rastatt, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 6 km west of Baden-Baden, and 11 km south of Rastatt Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemb ...

– 2 February 1876 in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

) was a German classical philologist. He was the brother of economist Eduard Baumstark (1807–1889) and the father of historian Reinhold Baumstark (1831–1900). His grandson,

Carl Anton Baumstark Carl Anton Joseph Maria Dominikus Baumstark (4 August 1872 in Konstanz – 31 May 1948 in Bonn) was a German Orientalist, philologist and liturgist. His main area of study was Oriental liturgical history, its development and its influence on ...

(1872–1948), was a noted orientalist and

liturgist Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...

. He studied

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

at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

, where his instructors included

Friedrich Christoph Schlosser Friedrich Christoph Schlosser (17 November 1776 – 23 September 1861) was a German historian, Professor of History at the University of Heidelberg and a Privy Councillor in Prussia. Early years He was born at Jever Jever () is the capital of ...

and

Georg Friedrich Creuzer Georg Friedrich Creuzer (; 10 March 1771 – 6 February 1858) was a German philologist and archaeologist. Life He was born at Marburg, the son of a bookbinder. After studying at Marburg and at the University of Jena, he went to Leipzig as a ...

. Beginning in 1826 he taught classes at the Lyceum in Freiburg im Breisgau, and in 1836, was appointed professor of classical philology at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisg ...

as well as director of the philological seminar.ADB: Baumstark, Anton
@ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

Selected works

* "De curatoribus emporii et nautodicis apud Athenienses", 1827. * "Caesaris de bello commentarii gallico et civili", 1828. * "Lectiones Tullianae", 1832, (Lessons of Tullian). * "Cajus Julius Cäsar's Werke", 1835–40,HathiTrust Digital Library
Cajus Julius Cäsar's Werke (Works by Caius Julius Caesar). * "Ausführliche Erläuterung des allgemeinen Theiles der Germania des Tacitus", 1875.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baumstark, Anton 1800 births 1876 deaths People from Rastatt (district) Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of the University of Freiburg German classical philologists