Detlev Karl Wilhelm Baumgarten-Crusius (24 January 1786,

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

– 5 May 1845,

Meissen Meissen ( ), is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden and 75 km (46 mi) west of Bautzen on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, th ...

) was a German

educator A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. w ...

and

philologist 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 strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

. He was the older brother of

theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...

Ludwig Friedrich Otto Baumgarten-Crusius Ludwig Friedrich Otto Baumgarten-Crusius (31 July 1788 – 31 May 1843) was a German Protestant theologian and divine born in Merseburg. He was the brother of philologist Detlev Karl Wilhelm Baumgarten-Crusius (1786-1845). Life In 1805 he entered ...

(1788-1842). From 1810, he served as a vice-principal in

Merseburg Merseburg () is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of Halle (Saale) and 30 km west of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese ...

, afterwards performing similar duties in

(from 1817). In 1833 he was appointed rector at the "Landesschule" in

, where he worked for the remainder of his career. Baumgarten-Crusius is known for his work in the field of

classical philology 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, ...

, in particular, editions of the Roman

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 ...

Suetonius Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( ; – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is ''De vita Caesarum'', common ...

. In 1822-24, he published an edition of Homer's Odyssey.

Selected writings

* Clavis Suetoniana : triplicem continens indicem, 1818 * Homeri Odyssea, 1822-1824 * Eutropii Breviarium historiae romanae, 1824 (edition of Eutropius). * C. Suetonii Tranquilli opera omnia, 1828 * C. Suetonii Tranquilli Duodecim Caesares, et minora quae supersunt opera, 1828 * Symbolae ad Lexica Graeca ex Aretaeo Cappadoce, scriptore medico, 1834.WorldCat Identities
(publications)

References

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