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Emil Hübner

1834 – 1901

German classical philologist and epigrapher

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Lived 1834 – 1901 (aged 66). Emil Hübner was a German archaeologist, classical philologist, university teacher and epigrapher.

Ernst Willibald Emil Hübner (7 July 183421 February 1901) was a German classical scholar.

He was born at Düsseldorf, the son of the historical painter Julius Hübner (1806–1882). After studying at Berlin and Bonn, he traveled extensively with a view to antiquarian and epigraphical researches. The results of these travels were published in several important works: Inscriptiones Hispaniae Latinae (1869, supplement 1892), Inscriptiones Hispaniae Christianae (1871, supplement 1900); Inscriptiones Britanniae Latinae (1873), Inscriptiones Britanniae Christianae (1876); La Arqueologia de Espana (1888); Monumenta Linguae Ibericae (1893). and Bibliographie der klassischen Alterthumswissenschaft (2nd edition, 1889). He was also author of Römische Epigraphik (2nd edition, 1892); Exempla Scripturae Epigraphicae Latinae (1885); and Römische Herrschaft in Westeuropa (1890).

In 1870 Hübner was appointed professor of classical philology at the University of Berlin, where he died.

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University of Bonn
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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German classical philologist and epigrapher (1834-1901)

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Emil Hübner was born on 7 July 1834 in Düsseldorf.

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Emil Hübner died on 21 February 1901 in Berlin.

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Emil Hübner was an archaeologist, classical philologist, university teacher and epigrapher.

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Emil Hübner was German.

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· Wikipedia: Emil Hübner

· Wikidata: Q68483

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