Ludwig Döderlein 2297166 176484413 2007-12-08T01:25:00Z Buffty 5968765 /* References */ katfix '''Johann Christoph Wilhelm Ludwig Döderlein''' ([[December 19]], [[1791]] - [[November 9]], [[1863]]), [[Germany|German]] [[philologist]], was born at [[Jena]]. His father was [[Johann Christoph Döderlein]], professor of [[theology]] at Jena. Ludwig Döderlein, after receiving his preliminary education at Windsheim and Schulpforta ([[Pforta]]), studied at [[Munich]], [[Heidelberg]], [[Erlangen]] and [[Berlin]]. He devoted his chief attention to [[philology]] under the instruction of such men as [[Friedrich Thiersch|F. Thiersch]], [[Georg Friedrich Creuzer|G. F. Creuzer]], [[Johann Heinrich Voss|J. H. Voss]], [[Friedrich August Wolf|F. A. Wolf]], [[August Boeckh]] and [[Philipp Karl Buttmann|P. K. Buttmann]]. In 1815, soon after completing his studies at Berlin, he accepted the appointment of ordinary professor of philology in the academy of [[Bern]]. In 1819 he was transferred to Erlangen, where he became second professor of philology in the university and rector of the gymnasium. In 1827 he became first professor of philology and [[rhetoric]] and director of the philological [[seminary]]. He died on the 9th of November 1863. Döderlein's most elaborate work as a philologist was marred by over-subtlety, and lacked method and clearness. He is best known by his ''Lateinische Synonymen und Etymologien'' (1826-1838), and his ''Homerisches Glossarium'' (1850-1858). To the same class belong his ''Lateinische Wortbildung'' (1838), ''Handbuch der lateinischen Synonymik'' (1839), and the ''Handbuch der lateinischen Etymologie'' (1841), besides various works of a more elementary kind intended for the use of schools and gymnasia. Most of the works named have been translated into [[English language|English]]. To critical philology Döderlein contributed valuable editions of [[Tacitus]] (''Opera'', 1847; ''Germania'', with a [[German language|German]] translation) and [[Horace]] (''Epistolae'', with a German translation, 1856-1858; ''Satirae'', 1860). His ''Reden und Aufsluze'' (Erlangen, 1843-1847) and ''Öffentliche Reden'' (1860) consist chiefly of academic addresses dealing with various subjects in pedagogy and philology. ==References== *{{1911}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Doderlein, Ludwig}} [[Category:1791 births]] [[Category:1863 deaths]] [[Category:German philologists]] [[Category:People from Erlangen]]