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Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Henzen (24 January 1816 – 27 January 1887) was a German
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 ...
and
epigraphist Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...
born in
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. He studied
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at the Universities of
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and
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, afterwards traveling to Paris and London, where he furthered his education by becoming fluent in French and English. With
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(1784-1868), he undertook
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investigations in Italy and
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, and in 1842 settled in Rome, where in 1856 he succeeded
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(1809-1856) as first secretary of the ''
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'' (German Archaeological Institute). From 1876 onward, he was a member of the ''
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''. Henzen was a leading authority on Latin
epigraphy Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...
. With
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(1817-1903) and
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(1822-1894), he carried out plans for a universal "''
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum The ''Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum'' (''CIL'') is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions. It forms an authoritative source for documenting the surviving epigraphy of classical antiquity. Public and personal inscriptions throw ...
''" based on a scheme presented to the Berlin Academy by Mommsen in 1847. Also, he provided a supplemental volume to
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's collection of Latin inscriptions, "''Inscriptionum latinarum collectio''" (1856).


Selected works

* "Quaestionum polybianarum specimen, continens vitam...", Berolini: Brandes & Klewert, 1840. * "Tabula alimentaria Baebianorum : illustravit deque publicis Romanorum alimentis" (dissertation), 1845. * ''Iscrizione onoraria d'Adriano / illustrata da G. Henzen'', Roma : Tipografia tiberina, 1862. * ''Scavi nel bosco sacro de' fratelli Arvali'', 1869. * ''Wilhelm Henzen und das Institut auf dem Kapitol'', (with
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and Hans-Georg Kolbe).IDREF.fr
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References


Wikisource, ''Henzen, Wilhelm''
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German philologists Latin epigraphers 1816 births 1887 deaths Writers from Bremen (city) {{Germany-linguist-stub