Carl Olof Thulin

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Carl Olof Thulin around 1900

Carl Olof Thulin (born April 1, 1871 in Helsingborg , † September 21, 1921 in Gothenburg ) was a Swedish classical philologist and religious scholar .

Life

Carl Olof Thulin was the son of pastor Olof Wilhelm Thulin (1827–1909) and Fredrika Augusta nee. Jonsson (1842-1917). He grew up with three brothers in Helsingborg and attended the city school there from 1880. From 1885 he attended the grammar school in Lund , where he passed the matriculation examination on May 26, 1888. On August 29, 1888, he enrolled at Lund University and studied Classical Philology. From 1898 to 1899 he taught at a private elementary school. On September 14, 1898, he passed the philological exams, on April 29, 1899 the disputation and on September 14, 1899 the candidate examination . On May 31, 1900 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD .

After graduating, Thulin taught as a vicar at various schools in Lund, Gothenburg and Kristianstad . In addition, he gave from June 2, 1899 to March 3, 1903 Latin courses at Lund University. In the summer of 1901 he went on a research trip to Italy and in the summer of 1902 to Germany. In 1903 he went to the University of Gothenburg as a lecturer , in 1905 to the grammar school in Luleå , in 1909 to the grammar school in Malmö and in 1914 back to Gothenburg. He retired in 1918 for health reasons. He died in 1921 at the age of 50.

Thulin's research was based on the Latin and Greek syntax and, in the course of his trips abroad, shifted more and more to the history of religion. He dealt intensively with the testimonies of the Italian religions ( bronze liver from Piacenza ) and created a three-volume monograph on the Etrusca disciplina , the religious teachings of the Etruscans ( Die Etruscische Disciplin , 1906-1909). Another research focus was the Roman Agrimensors : Thulin examined the surviving manuscripts and prepared a critical edition to replace the edition by Karl Lachmann . However, only the text-critical preparatory work and the first volume were published.

Thulin achieved international renown through his work, which he published in Latin and German, as well as through his research trips. He was in contact with religious scholars such as Georg Wissowa , Albrecht Dieterich and Martin Persson Nilsson and wrote numerous articles for Pauly's real encyclopedia of classical antiquity (RE).

Fonts (selection)

  • De coniunctivo Plautino . Lund 1899
  • De obliqua oratione apud Thucydidem . Two parts, Lund 1901–1902
  • Italian Sacred Poetry and Prose: A Metrical Inquiry . Berlin 1906
  • The gods of Martianus Capella and the bronze liver of Piacenza . Giessen 1906 ( Religious historical experiments and preparatory work 3.1)
  • The Etruscian Discipline . Three parts, Gothenburg 1906–1909. Reprint Darmstadt 1968
    • Part 1 (1906): The Blitzlehre
    • Part 2 (1906): The Haruspicin
    • Part 3 (1909): The ritual books and the history and organization of the haruspices
  • The manuscripts of the Corpus agrimensorum Romanorum . Berlin 1911
  • Corpus agrimensorum Romanorum . Vol. 1 Fasc. 1: Opuscula agrimensorum veterum. Adiectae sunt 48 tabulae phototypicae . Leipzig 1913. Reprint Stuttgart 1971 (no longer published)

literature

  • Vilhelm Ljüngfors: Helsinborg-Landskrona nation i Lund under professor Martin Weibulls inspectorate . Lund 1903, p. 94f.
  • Svenskt portraits gallery. XII. Lärarakåren . Stockholm 1909, p. 58 (with picture) online
  • Göteborgs universitets årsskrift . 48th year (1921), p. 192
  • Martin Persson Nilsson: Carl Thulin in memoriam . In: Sydsvenska dagbladet Snällposten . Year 1921, No. 260, p. 284

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personal data
SURNAME Thulin, Carl Olof
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish classical philologist and religious scholar
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsingborg
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1921
Place of death Gothenburg