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Carl Benedict Hase (; 11 May 1780 – 21 March 1864) was a French Hellenist, of German extraction.


Life

Hase was born at
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near
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. Having studied at
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and
Helmstedt Helmstedt (; Eastphalian: ''Helmstidde'') is a town on the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. The historic university and Hanseatic city conserves an important monumental heritage o ...
, in 1801 he made his way on foot to
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, where he was commissioned by the
comte de Choiseul-Gouffier ''Comte'' is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word "count" (Latin: ''comes''); ''comté'' is the Gallo-Romance form of the word "county" (Latin: ''comitatus''). Comte or Comté may refer to: * ''Comte'', French for a count (i.e. the nob ...
, late ambassador to
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, to edit the works of
Joannes Laurentius Lydus John the Lydian or John Lydus (; ) ( AD 490 – 565) was a Byzantine administrator and writer. He is considered a key figure in antiquarian studies from the fourth to the sixth century A.D. Although he is a secondary author, his works are signific ...
from a manuscript given to Choiseul by Prince Mourousi. Hase concentrated on
Byzantine history The Byzantine Empire's history is generally periodised from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD. From the 3rd to 6th centuries, the Greek East and Latin West of the Roman Empire gradually diverged, marked by Diocletian's (r. ...
and literature, on which he became the acknowledged authority. In 1805 he obtained an appointment in the manuscripts department of the royal library; in 1816 he became professor of
palaeography Palaeography (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, UK) or paleography (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, US) (ultimately from , , 'old', and , , 'to write') is the study and academic disciplin ...
and modern Greek at the École Royale, and in 1852 professor of comparative grammar in the university. In 1812 he was selected to superintend the studies of Louis Napoleon (afterwards
Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...
) and his brother. Hase died in Paris.


Works

Hase's major works are the editions of Leo Diaconus, the ''
De velitatione bellica ''De velitatione bellica'' is the conventional Latin title for the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Byzantine military manuals, military treatise on skirmishing and guerrilla warfare, guerrilla-type border warfare, composed circa 970. Its original Gre ...
'', and other Byzantine writers (1819), and of
Johannes Lydus John the Lydian or John Lydus (; ) ( AD 490 – 565) was a Byzantine administrator and writer. He is considered a key figure in antiquarian studies from the fourth to the sixth century A.D. Although he is a secondary author, his works are signific ...
, ''De ostentis'' (1823), a masterpiece of textual restoration, the difficulties of which were aggravated by the fact that the manuscript had for a long time been stowed away in a wine-barrel in a monastery. He also edited part of the Greek authors in the collection of the ''Historians of the Crusades'' and contributed many additions (from the fathers, medical and technical writers,
scholia Scholia (: scholium or scholion, from , "comment", "interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of the manuscript of ancient a ...
sts and other sources) to the new edition of
Henri Estienne Henri Estienne ( , ; 1528 or 15311598), also known as Henricus Stephanus ( ), was a French printer and classical scholar. He was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually ...
's ''Thesaurus Graecae linguae''. Hase likely forged a work later known as the ''Fragments of Toparcha Gothicus'' and passed them off as real to one of his patrons,
Nikolay Rumyantsev Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev (; 3 April 1754 – 3 January 1826), born in Saint Petersburg, was Russia's Foreign Minister and Chancellor of the Russian Empire in the run-up to Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1808–12). He was the son of ...
, causing a period of confusion among Byzantine scholars over the origin of this work.Ihor Ševčenko, "The Date and Author of the So-Called Fragments of Toparcha Gothicus," Dumbarton Oaks Papers, vol. 25, (1971), pp. 115-188 For more information, see Joseph-Daniel Guigniaut, ''Notice historique sur la vie et les travaux de Carl Benedict Hase'' (Paris, 1867); articles in ''Nouvelle Biographie generale'' and ''
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''; and a collection of autobiographical letters, ''Briefe von der Wanderung und aus Paris'', edited by O Heine (1894), containing a vivid account of Hase's journey, his enthusiastic impressions of Paris and the hardships of his early life.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hase, Carl Benedict 1780 births 1864 deaths French classical scholars People from the Electorate of Saxony 18th-century scholars from the Holy Roman Empire University of Helmstedt alumni University of Jena alumni Scholars of Medieval Greek French philologists Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Burials at Montmartre Cemetery