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Justus Hermann Lipsius

1834 – 1920

German classical philologist

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Lived 1834 – 1920 (aged 86). Justus Hermann Lipsius was a German pedagogue, classical philologist, university teacher, historian, jurist and historian of classical antiquity.

Justus Hermann Lipsius (9 May 1834, Leipzig – 5 September 1920, Leipzig) was a German classical philologist. He was the brother of theologian Richard Adelbert Lipsius.

He studied theology and philology at the University of Leipzig (1850–1856), where he later served as an associate professor (1869–1877) and full professor (1877–1914) of classical philology. In 1891/92 he was university rector.

He was editor of Andocides (1888) and of Demosthenes, "De corona oratio" (1884), reviser of Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier and Georg Friedrich Schömann's "Der attische Process" (two volumes, Berlin, 1883, 1887) and of Schömann's "Griechische Altertümer" (two volumes, Berlin, 1897, 1901), and author of "Attisches Recht und Rechtsverfassung" (1905–1912). He wrote numerous philological papers and edited "Leipziger Studien zur klassischen Philologie".

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Thomasschule zu Leipzig
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Rector
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Leipzig University

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Who was Justus Hermann Lipsius?

German classical philologist (1834–1920)

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Justus Hermann Lipsius was born on 9 May 1834 in Leipzig.

When did Justus Hermann Lipsius die?

Justus Hermann Lipsius died on 5 September 1920 in Leipzig.

What was Justus Hermann Lipsius's occupation?

Justus Hermann Lipsius was a pedagogue, classical philologist, university teacher, historian, jurist and historian of classical antiquity.

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Justus Hermann Lipsius was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Justus Hermann Lipsius

· Wikidata: Q78407

· DBpedia: Justus Hermann Lipsius

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