August Hug
August Hug (* 1875 in Niederbüren , Canton St. Gallen , † late January 1950 in Fischingen , Canton Thurgau ) was a Swiss Catholic clergyman and classical philologist .
August Hug studied Catholic theology and was ordained a priest for the diocese of St. Gallen . From 1897 to 1903 he worked as cathedral vicar in St. Gallen. He studied Classical Philology and Ancient History in Berlin and Freiburg in Switzerland , where he received his doctorate in 1911 under Anton Piccardt with a thesis on Aelius Aristides . From 1907 to 1937 he worked as a teacher for Latin and Greek at the Collegium Maria Hilf in Schwyz . Starting with the letter L, he wrote numerous articles in the field of "private antiquities " for the Realencyclopadie of classical antiquity . After his retirement he lived in the former Fischingen monastery and was buried on January 27, 1950 in Niederbüren.
Fonts
- Life and works of the rhetorician Aristides. Book and art print shop Union, Solothurn 1912 (Freiburg (Switzerland), university, dissertation)
literature
- Karl Schneider: † Prof. Dr. August Hug. In: Greetings from Maria Hilf. No. 186/187, May 1950, ZDB -ID 2352398-0 , pp. 69-70, (with picture).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hug, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Catholic clergyman and classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederbueren , Canton of St. Gallen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1950 |
| Place of death | Fischingen , Canton of Thurgau |