Karl Heinrich Adelbert Lipsius (19 January 1805, in Großhennersdorf – 2 July 1861, in

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) was a German

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and educator. He studied philology and theology at the

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, receiving his habilitation in 1827. In the autumn of 1827, he was named conrector at the gymnasium in

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. In 1832 he began work as a teacher of religious studies at the Thomasschule in Leipzig, where in 1847 he became conrector. In 1861 he succeeded

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as academic rector at Thomasschule, but died soon afterwards in July 1861. He was the father of theologian Richard Adelbert Lipsius (1830–1892),

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Constantin Lipsius (1832–1894), philologist Justus Hermann Lipsius (1834–1920) and

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Ida Marie Lipsius (1837-1927). The ''Lipsiusstraße'', a residential street in Reudnitz was named in his honour in 1908. Today it is located in the district of Reudnitz-Thonberg (Leipzig).

Published works

* ''De modorvm vsv in Novo Testamento : qvaestionis grammaticae pars prima indicativi vsvm explicans'', 1827. * ''Commentationes Plautinae'', 1836 (with Friedrich Wilhelm Ehrenfried Rost). * ''De Aristidis Plutarchei locis quibusdam commentatio'', 1860. * ''Schulreden bei verschiedenen Gelegenheiten gehalten : mit der Lebensbeschreibung des Verfassers'', 1862 – School speeches on various occasions. * ''Grammatische Untersuchungen über die biblische Gräcität über die Lesezeichen'', 1863 – Grammatical studies of the Biblical Gräcität.OCLC Classify
published works

References

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