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BERGK, THEODOR (1812—1881)

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BERGK, THEODOR (1812—1881)

BERGK, THEODOR (1812—1881) , See also:

German philologist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig on the 22nd of May 1812. After studying at the university of his native See also:

TOWN

town, where he profited by the instruction of G. See also:

Hermann, he was appointed in 1835 to the lectureship in Latin at the See also:

ORPHAN

orphan school at See also:

Halle. After holding posts at Neustrelitz, See also:

Berlin and See also:

Cassel, he succeeded (1842) K. F. Hermann as See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of classical literature at See also:

Marburg. In 1852 he went to See also:

FREIBURG

Freiburg, and in 1857 returned to Halle. In 1868 he resigned his professorship, and settled down to study and See also:

LITERARY

literary See also:

WORK

work in See also:

BONN

Bonn. He died on the loth of See also:

JULY

July 1881, at See also:

RAGATZ

Ragatz in See also:

SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, where he had gone for the benefit of his See also:

HEALTH

health. Bergk's literary activity was very See also:

GREAT

great, but his reputation mainly rests upon his work in connexion with See also:

Greek literature and the Greek lyric poets. His Poetae Lyrici Graeci (1843, 5th ed. 1900, &e.), and Griechische Litteraturgeschichte (1872—1887, completed by G.

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HINRICHS, HERMANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1794–1861)

Hinrichs and R. Peppmuller) are See also:

standard See also:

WORKS

works. He also edited See also:

ANACREON

Anacreon (1834), the fragments of See also:

Aristophanes (184o), Aristophanes (3rd ed., 1872), See also:

SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles (2nd ed., 1868), a lyric See also:

ANTHOLOGY

anthology (4th ed., 1890). Among his other works may be mentioned: See also:

AUGUSTI, JOHANN CHRISTIAN WILHELM (1772-1841)

Augusti Rerum a se geslarum See also:

INDEX

Index (1873); Inschriften romischer Schleudergeschosse (1876); Zur Geschichte and Topographic der Rheinlande in rOmischer Zeil (1882); Beitrage zur romischen Chronologie (1884). His Kleine philologische Schriften have been edited by Peppmuller (1884-1886), and contain, in addition to a See also:

COMPLETE

complete See also:

list of his writings, a See also:

SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of his See also:

LIFE

life. See See also:

Sandys, llist. of Class. Schol iii. 146 (1908).

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