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POPPO, ERNST FRIEDRICH (1794—1866)

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POPPO, See also:ERNST See also:FRIEDRICH (1794—1866) , See also:German classical See also:scholar and schoolmaster, was See also:born at See also:Guben in See also:Brandenburg on the 13th of See also:August, 1794. In 1818 he was appointed director of the gymnasium at See also:Frankfort-on-the-See also:Oder, where he died on the 6th of See also:November 1866, having resigned his See also:post three years before. Poppo was an extremely successful teacher and organizer, and in a few years doubled the number of pupils at the gymnasium. He is chiefly known, however, for his exhaustive and See also:complete edition of See also:Thucydides in four parts (II vols., 1821-1840), containing (i.) prolegomena on Thucydides as an historian and on his See also:language and See also:style (Eng. trans. by G. See also:Burges, 1837), accompanied by See also:historical and See also:geographical essays; (ii.) See also:text with scholia and See also:critical notes; (iii.) commentary on the text and scholia; (iv.) indices and appendices. For the See also:ordinary student a smaller edition (1843—18511) was prepared, revised after the author's See also:death by J. M. See also:Stahl (1875—1889). See R. Schwarze in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie and authorities there referred to.

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