Curt Wachsmuth (27 April 1837, Naumburg an der Saale – 8 June 1905,

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) was a German

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

and

classical philologist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, ...

. He was a son-in-law to philologist

Friedrich Ritschl Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (6 April 1806 – 9 November 1876), a first cousin of theologian Albrecht Ritschl, was a German scholar best known for his studies of Plautus. Biography Ritschl was born in Großvargula, in present-day Thuringia. Hifami ...

, brother of the educator Richard Wachsmuth and father of the physicist Richard Wachsmuth.

Academic biography

From 1856 to 1860 he studied at the universities of

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and

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, where he later received his habilitation in classical philology and ancient history. In 1864 he became a professor in ancient history at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg () is a public research university located in Marburg, Germany. It was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Prote ...

, followed by professorships in classical philology at the universities of

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(1869–1877) and

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(1877–1885). From 1885 to 1905 he was a professor of classical philology and ancient history at the

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. In 1897/98 he served as university rector.Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig
Biographical sketch

Published works

Among his better written efforts were a two volume work on ancient

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(1874, 1890), an introduction to the study of ancient history (1895) and with Otto Hense, a five volume edition of

Stobaeus Joannes Stobaeus (; ; 5th-century AD), from Stobi in Macedonia (Roman province), Macedonia, was the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors. The work was originally divided into two volumes containing two books each. The tw ...

' ''Anthologium''. * ''De Cratete Mallota disputavit adiectis eius reliquiis'', Leipzig 1860 (S. 1-36 appeared as dissertation) * ''Die Stadt Athen im Altertum'', 2 volumes, Leipzig 1874, 1890 – The city of Athens in antiquity * ''Studien zu den griechischen Florilegien'', 1882 – Studies of Greek

florilegia In medieval Latin, a ' (plural ') was a compilation of excerpts or sententia from other writings and is an offshoot of the commonplacing tradition. The word is from the Latin '' flos'' (flower) and '' legere'' (to gather): literally a gathering ...

* ''Ioannis Stobaei Anthologium'' (with Otto Hense), 5 volumes. 1884–1912 – edition of Stobaeus * ''Sillographorum Graecorum reliquiae. Praecedit commentatio de Timone Phliasio ceterisque sillographis'', Leipzig 1885 * ''Neue Beiträge zur Topographie von Athen'', 1887 – New contributions on the topography of Athens * ''Einleitung in das Studium der alten Geschichte'', Leipzig 1895 – Introduction to the study of ancient history * ''Ioannis Laurentii Lydi Liber de Ostentis et Calendaria graeca omnia'', 1897 – edition of

John the Lydian 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 ...

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