Hermann Bonitz (29 July 181425 July 1888), German scholar, was born at

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in Prussian Saxony. Having studied at the

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under G. Hermann and at

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under Böckh and

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, he became successively teacher at the Blochmann-Institut in

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(1836), ''Oberlehrer'' at the

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(1838) and the

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(1840) in Berlin, professor at the gymnasium at Stettin (Szczecin) (1842), professor at the

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(1849), member of the

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(1854), member of the council of education (1864), and director of the Graues-Kloster-Gymnasium (1867). He retired in 1888, and died in that year at Berlin. He took great interest in higher education, and was chiefly responsible for the system of teaching and examination in use in the high schools of

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after 1882. But it is as a commentator on

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and

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that he is best known outside Germany. He also wrote largely on classical and educational subjects, mainly for the ''

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''. A full list of his writings is given in the obituary notice by

Theodor Gomperz Theodor Gomperz (March 29, 1832August 29, 1912), Austrian philosopher and classical scholar, was born at Brno (Brünn). Biography Gomperz studied at Brno and at Vienna under Hermann Bonitz. Graduating at the University of Vienna in 1867 he bec ...

in the ''Biographisches Jahrbuch fr Altertumskunde'' (1890).

Works

His most important works in this connection are: *''Disputationes Platonicae Duae'' (1837); ''Platonische Studien'' (3rd edition, 1886). *''Observationes Criticae in Aristotelis Libros Metaphysicos'' (1842). *''Observationes Criticae in Aristotelis quae feruntur Magna Moralia et Ethica Eudemia'' (1844). *''Alexandri Aphrodisiensis Commentarius in Libros Metaphysicos Aristotelis'' (1847). *''Aristotelis Metaphysica'' (1848–1849). *''Über die Kategorien des A.'' (1853). *''Aristotelische Studien'' (1862–1867). *''Index Aristotelicus'' (1870). Other works: *''Über den Ursprung der homerischen Gedichte'' (5th edition, 1881). *''Beiträge zur Erklärung des Thukydides'' (1854), ''des Sophokles'' (1856–57).

References

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