Georg Aenotheus Koch
German classical philologist and lexicographer
About Georg Aenotheus Koch
Lived 1802 – 1879 (aged 76). Georg Aenotheus Koch was a German teacher, pedagogue, classical philologist, archivist and germanist.
Georg Aenotheus Koch (15 November 1802, Drebach – 9 July 1879, Leipzig) was a German classical philologist and lexicographer.
He studied theology and classical philology at the University of Leipzig as a student of Gottfried Hermann and Christian Daniel Beck. In 1825, he received his doctorate, and beginning in 1831 he taught classes at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig. In 1862, he was appointed school conrector.
In addition to writing numerous editions of classical works, he did extensive work in regards to the lexicography of individual authors, namely: Horace, Virgil, Marcus Velleius Paterculus and Cornelius Nepos. He also published a Latin thesaurus (Gradus ad Parnassum), a pocket dictionary (over three editions) and a successful German-Latin geographical dictionary.
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German classical philologist and lexicographer
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Georg Aenotheus Koch was born on 15 November 1802 in Drebach.
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Georg Aenotheus Koch died on 9 July 1879 in Leipzig.
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Georg Aenotheus Koch was a teacher, pedagogue, classical philologist, archivist and germanist.
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Georg Aenotheus Koch was German.
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