August Brinkmann
August Brinkmann (born August 29, 1863 in Braunschweig , † July 28, 1923 in Bonn ) was a German classical philologist .
Brinkmann studied classical philology in Leipzig , Heidelberg and Bonn . On August 15, 1888 he received his doctorate under Hermann Usener . In 1889 he became an assistant at the Philological Seminary in Bonn. On May 30, 1893, the habilitation took place . On March 14, 1896, he became an associate professor in Königsberg , and on June 25, 1900, he was appointed full professor. On October 1, 1902, he became a full professor of Classical Philology in Bonn, succeeding his teacher Usener. There he was also editor of the Rheinisches Museum für Philologie from 1905 to 1920 . Brinkmann was considered an excellent expert on the Greek language, but presented only a few larger writings.
Fonts
- Arrian's meteorology . In: Rheinisches Museum für Philologie. Volume 73. Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1920–1924, pp. 373–401 ( online , PDF; 6.4 MB).
literature
- Hans Oppermann : August Brinkmann , in: Biographical Yearbook for Classical Studies 202 B, 1924, pp. 37–61 (with list of publications)
- Otto Wenig: Directory of professors and lecturers at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn 1818-1968 , Bonn 1968, p. 36
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SURNAME | Brinkmann, August |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brinkmann, August Franz Rudolph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1863 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1923 |
Place of death | Bonn |