Alwin Koch

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Alwin Koch (born December 30, 1839 in Lindau , † January 28, 1919 in Frankenthal in the Palatinate ) was a German classical philologist . From 1880 to 1909 he headed the Latin school and the Progymnasium in Frankenthal (Palatinate) .

Alwin Koch (1906)

Life

After attending grammar school in Augsburg and Kempten, Alwin Koch studied classical philology at the University of Munich . After the state examination (1864) he worked as an assistant (assistant teacher) in Bergzabern and in Kusel. In 1866 he went to study at the Latin School in Frankenthal, where he stayed all his life. In 1880 he was appointed headmaster (with the title sub-principal). It was on his initiative that the Latin school was converted into a Progymnasium (1894) and the school was rebuilt (1903). From 1894 Koch held the title of royal rector and study professor. On February 1, 1909, Koch retired. In 1903 he set up a foundation for gifted students at the school and gave her numerous books from his holdings. The foundation was lost during the inflation , the school library burned in the Second World War .

In addition to his teaching and administrative activities at the Progymnasium, Koch also emerged with scientific work. He wrote annotated school editions of the Iliad , the Odyssey and translations by the authors Ovid , Livius , Curtius Rufus .

Fonts

  • Publius Ovidius Naso's letters of the Heroids 1–9 translated metrically . Frankenthal 1888 (school program)
  • with Friedrich Johann Hildenbrand: Contributions to the history of the city of Frankenthal in the Palatinate . Frankenthal 1894 (school program)
  • From school for school. Translation of selected chapters of the 24th book of the Roman history of Livy . Frankenthal 1897 (school program)
  • From school for school. Translation of selected chapters of the 24th book of the Roman history of Livy. II. Selection from Livius XXV and XXVI . Frankenthal 1899 (school program)
  • Student commentary on Homer's Odyssey . Leipzig 1898. Second edition, Leipzig / Vienna 1919
  • Student commentary on Homer's Iliad . Leipzig 1899. Third reprint, Leipzig 1917

literature

  • Humanistic Progymnasium in Frankenthal. Annual report for the school year 1918/19 . Frankenthal 1919, pp. 21-22
  • 75 years of the Frankenthal High School, 1878–1953 . Frankenthal 1953 (with portrait)
  • Frankenthal State High School. Festschrift for the inauguration of the new school building on December 16, 1960 . Frankenthal 1961
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Alwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindau
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1919
Place of death Frankenthal (Palatinate)