Carl Nipperdey

Carl Nipperdey around 1858 on a photograph by Carl Schenk

Carl Ludwig Nipperdey , also Karl Ludwig Nipperdey (born September 13, 1821 in Schwerin , † January 2, 1875 in Jena ) was a German classical philologist .

Life

Carl Nipperdey was born as the son of the painter Heinrich Nipperdey (1779–1861) in Schwerin. He initially received private lessons, especially in Latin, and from 1834 attended the Fridericianum Schwerin . In 1840 he began studying philology in Leipzig with Moriz Haupt and Gottfried Hermann , among others , which he continued from 1843 at the University of Berlin, among others with Karl Lachmann . He received his doctorate in Berlin in 1846 with the thesis De supplementis commentariorum C. Julii Caesaris and then worked as a private scholar in Leipzig. In 1850 he completed his habilitation on the subject of Spicilegium criticum in Cornelio Nepote in Leipzig and then worked as a private lecturer. He taught on Greek historiography, Roman antiquities and Sallust's De coniuratione Catilinae ; "His lectures and exercises made high demands on the students".

In 1852, Nipperdey was appointed to succeed Ferdinand Gotthelf Hands as associate professor for classical philology at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and soon became co-director of the philological seminar there. In 1854 Nipperdey was appointed full professor, on January 13, 1855 a member of the university's senate and in the summer semesters 1857 and 1861 dean of the faculty of philosophy. In the winter semester of 1857/58 he held the office of Vice Rector of the university. Since 1852 he was a full member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences .

In 1867, Nipperdey took over the professorship of eloquence from Karl Wilhelm Göttling , but had been relieved from holding ceremonial speeches in Latin. Nipperdey fell ill with a nerve and spinal cord disease, which became increasingly worse, in January 1875 he died by suicide .

Nipperdey's grandson was the lawyer Hans Carl Nipperdey , his great-grandson was the historian Thomas Nipperdey .

Act

As a classical philologist, Nipperdey specialized in Latin . He edited works by Caesar , Cornelius Nepos and Tacitus , among others . His achievements in this area were considered fundamental and he himself was considered to be an “exemplary interpreter of the most difficult Roman writers”.

Works

• 1847: C. Julii Caesaris Commentarii cum supplementis A. Hirtii et aliorum. Ex rec. Car. Nipperdeii
• 1849: Cornelius Nepos. Explained by Carl Nipperdey
• 1850: Spicilegium criticum in Cornelio Nepote (habilitation thesis)
• 1852: Cornelius Tacitus. Annales (2 volumes)
• 1865: About the leges annales of the Roman Republic
• 1871: Tacitus. Opera, Partes 1–4 (with Rudolf Schöll )
• 1877: Opuscula (posthumous)

literature

• Richard Hoche :  Nipperdey, Carl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 701 f.
• Roderich Kirchner: Karl Nipperdey (1821–1875). In: Meinolf Vielberg (Hrsg.): The classical antiquity at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. (= Colloquium of Classical Studies. 23). Steiner, Stuttgart 2011. ISBN 978-3-515-09865-6 , pp. 109-124.
• Wolfhart Unte :  Carl Nipperdey. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , pp. 279 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Volker Wahl: The photo album of the academic senate members from 1858 . Friedrich Schiller University, Jena 1983, pp. 90–91.

Web links

• Literature by Carl Nipperdey in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature about Carl Nipperdey in the state bibliography MV
• Overview of Carl Nipperdey's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1850 to summer semester 1852)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Photo Album , p. 99.