August Wilhelm Zumpt
August Wilhelm Zumpt (born December 4, 1815 in Koenigsberg , † April 22, 1877 in Berlin ) was a German high school teacher and ancient scholar, who was best known for his work on Latin inscriptions . He was a nephew of Karl Gottlob Zumpt , studied in Berlin and in 1851 became a professor at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium .
His work on inscriptions (compiled in Commentationes epigraphicae, 1850-1854) brought him in connection with the preparation of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum in opposition to Theodor Mommsen .
Publications
- Edition of Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (1840)
- Monumentum Ancyranum (with Franck, 1847)
- Studio, Romana (1859)
- The criminal law of the Roman Republic (1865-69)
- Edition of Ciceros Pro Murena (1859) and De lege agraria (1861)
- De monumento Ancyrano supplendo (1869)
- The Criminal Trial of the Roman Republic (1871)
Wilhelm Ihne processed material left by him in the 7th and 8th volumes of his Roman history (1840).
literature
- Gustav Emil Lothholz: Zumpt, August Wilhelm (contained in: Zumpt, Gottlob) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, pp. 481-484.
Web links
Wikisource: August Wilhelm Zumpt - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about August Wilhelm Zumpt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Personnel form from August Wilhelm Zumpt in the personnel file of the BIL expert body in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zumpt, August Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German high school teacher, classical philologist and epigraphist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1877 |
| Place of death | Berlin |