Karl Heinrich Frotscher (6 May 1796, in Weira – 9 April 1876, in

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) was a German

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, known for his scholarly editions of

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and

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. From 1815 he studied philology at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...

, where his teachers included

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and

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. He served as an auxiliary teacher at the

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, and in 1820 became an instructor at the Nikolaischule. From 1822 he worked as a

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at the Ratsbibliothek (council library), and in 1826 obtained his

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at the university.Frotscher, Karl Heinrich
Sächsische Biografie

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Frotscher, Karl Heinrich
In:

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(ADB). Band 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, S. 150. In 1828 he was named an associate professor at the university and promoted to conrector at the Nikolaischule. In 1835 he was appointed

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at the gymnasium in

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, and from 1843 worked in a similar capacity at the gymnasium in Freiberg, a position he maintained up until his retirement in 1865.

Selected works

* ''Xenophontis Hiero'' : recensuit et interpretatus est (edition of Xenophon's ''

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'', 1822)
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* ''Quae exstant. Ex recensione et cum adnotationibus Theophili Cortii'' (edition of

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, 1825). * ''Institutionum oratoriarum liber decimus'' (edition of

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, 1826). * ''Marci Fabi Quinctiliani Institutionum oratoriarum liber decimus'' (edition of Quintilian, 1826). * ''Eloquentium virorum narrationes de vitis hominum doctrina et virtute excellentium'' (1826). * ''M. Tullii Ciceronis Ad Marcus Brutum Orator'' (with Heinrich Meyer / edition of Cicero, 1827). * ''C. Velleii Paterculi quae supersunt ex Historiae romanae voluminibus duobus'' (with others / edition of Velleius, 1830). * ''P. Rutilii Lupi De figuris sententiarum et elocutionis libri duo item Aquilae romani et Iulii Rufiniani de eodem argumento libri'' (with

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/ edition of Publius Rutilius Lupus, 1831). * ''M. Tullii Ciceronis Oratio pro P. Sulla'' (edition of Cicero, 1831). * ''Q. Asconius Pedianus in M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationem'' (edition of

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, 1845).HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

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