Friedrich August Eckstein (6 May 1810 – 15 November 1885) was a German classical philologist and educator born in

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. He studied

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at the

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, earning his doctorate in 1831. In 1839 he became head of the Royal Pädagogium in Halle, and in 1849 was appointed ''Kondirektor'' at the ''Franckesche Stiftungen'' ( Francke Foundation). In 1863 he moved to

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as an

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at the

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and as rector of the

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. He held the title of rector at the Thomanerchor until 1881.Catalogus Professorum lipsiensium
(biographical sketch) Eckstein died in Leipzig.

Selected publications

* ''Chronik der Stadt Halle''; ("Chronicle of Halle an der Saale"; 6 volumes), Halle 1842/43. * ''Familiaris interpretatio primae satirae Horatianae'', 1865.IDREF.fr
bibliography * ''Nomenclator philologorum'';

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, Leipzig 1871. * ''Lateinischer Unterricht. Geschichte und Methode'' ("Latin lessons, history and method"); second edition,

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1880. * ''Lateinischer und griechischer Unterricht'' ("Latin and Greek lessons"), Leipzig 1887.

Notes

References

* ''This article incorporates translated text from an equivalent article at the

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, whose references include''
Eckstein, Friedrich August
In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, , S. 304 f.

External links

* Academic staff of Leipzig University Writers from Halle (Saale) German classical philologists 1810 births 1885 deaths St. Thomas School, Leipzig teachers {{Germany-academic-bio-stub