Eduard Schwartz (22 August 1858 – 13 February 1940) was a German classical

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 ...

. Born in

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, he studied under Hermann Sauppe in

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, under Hermann Usener and Franz Bücheler in

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, under

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and under Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff in

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. In 1880 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Bonn.Schwartz, Eduard
@ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie In 1884, he became a lecturer in Bonn, afterwards being appointed professor of classical philology at the University of Rostock (1887). This was followed by professorships at the Universities of

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(1893),

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(1897), Göttingen (1902) and

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(1909). In 1914 he returned to Strasbourg, where he served as university rector in 1915/16. In 1919 he was a successor to Otto Crusius at the University of Munich. He published numerous articles and works in the area of Greek and Roman history, including on the Catilinarian conspiracy. His ''magnum opus'' was a publication of the acts of oecumenical councils (ACO) from

Ephesus Ephesus (; ; ; may ultimately derive from ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, the former Arzawan capital ...

(431) onwards. He also started the edition of Eusebius' works in the GCS series, editing the ''

Ecclesiastical History Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual side of the ...

'' with the facing edition of Rufinus' translation by

, and the ancient and Byzantine ''scholia'' to

Euripides Euripides () was a Greek tragedy, tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to ...

' tragedies. A friend of the Italian philologist Giorgio Pasquali (met in Gottingen in 1909), Schwartz asserted that the

ecclesiastical history Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual side of the ...

was part of the material history of human kind and therefore within German universities. Schwartz died in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

in 1940.

Bibliography

* "De Dionysio Scytobrachione", (dissertation), Bonn 1880. * "Scholia in Euripidem", critical edition (volumes 1–2), Berlin 1887 * "Quaestiones Herodotae", 1890. * ''Christliche und jüdische Ostertafeln'' (1905)
Online
* " Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum" (The Acts of the Ecumenical Councils) Berlin & Leipzig, 1914–1940. ** Tome 1: Concilium Universale Ephesenum (AD 431) ** Tome 2: Concilium Universale Chalcedonense (AD 451) ** Tome 3: Collectio Sabbaitica contra Acephalos et Origenistas destinata (AD 536) ** Tome 4: Concilium Universale Constantinopolitanum sub Iustiniano habitum (AD 553). * ''Zur Entstehung der Ilias'' (On the origin of the

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; , ; ) is one of two major Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Odyssey'', the poem is divided into 24 books and ...

), Strasbourg 1918. * ''Das Geschichtswerk des Thukydides'', (The historical works of

Thucydides Thucydides ( ; ; BC) was an Classical Athens, Athenian historian and general. His ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts Peloponnesian War, the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been d ...

), Bonn 1919, second edition 1929. * "Codex Vaticanus Gr. 1431, Eine Antichalkedonische Sammlung Aus Der Zeit Kaiser Zenos", etc. Saint Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria. With Introduction and Notes by E. Schwartz, 1927">Saint Cyril of Alexandria">Saint Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria. With Introduction and Notes by E. Schwartz, 1927Google Search
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extensive bibliography. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Eduard German philologists 1858 births 1940 deaths Writers from Kiel Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)