Ludwig Friedrich Heindorf
Ludwig Friedrich Heindorf (born September 21, 1774 in Berlin , † June 23, 1816 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German classical philologist .
Life
Heindorf attended the Kölln high school in Berlin and after graduating he studied at the University of Halle , where he studied classical studies with Friedrich August Wolf . He established a close relationship with his teacher. After graduating in 1796, he returned to Berlin and took up a position as sub-principal at the Köllnisches Gymnasium. When the Berlin University was founded in 1809, Heindorf became one of the first 52 professors. In autumn 1811 he moved to the University of Breslau as a colleague of Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider . Here was Karl Otfried Müllerhis pupil. On June 25, 1812, Heindorf was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In the spring of 1816 he accepted a position at the University of Halle , but before his first lecture on June 23 he succumbed to a breast disease. He was buried on June 24, 1816 in Halle's Stadtgottesacker , his grave is in crypt arch no.79.
His research focused on the Greek philosopher Plato . He was encouraged to do this by his teacher Wolf during his studies. Wolf planned to publish his Plato edition in association with Heindorf, but after a few years of inactivity, Heindorf took on the work alone. Wolf was reluctant. Nevertheless, four volumes with Latin commentaries appeared from 1802 to 1810. Despite the great value of the edition, Wolf rejected it for personal reasons and publicly belittled it.
Other works by Heindorf are an edition of Cicero 's De natura deorum (Leipzig 1815) and the satires of Horace (Leipzig 1815). This Horace edition was the best well into the 19th century and was revised by Ernst Friedrich Wüstemann (Leipzig 1843) and Ludwig Döderlein (Leipzig 1859).
literature
- Conrad Bursian : Heindorf, Ludwig Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 335.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig Friedrich Heindorf in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heindorf, Ludwig Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1816 |
| Place of death | Halle on the Saale |