Dietrich Mack (classical philologist)

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Dietrich Mack (born February 19, 1913 in Braunschweig ; † August 11, 2001 , ibid) was a German senior studies director, classical philologist and epigraphist .

Life

Mack was born the son of the historian and archivist Heinrich Mack . After graduating from the Wilhelm Gymnasium , where his father had been a teacher until 1895, he studied in Heidelberg and Kiel . There he was awarded a doctorate with a dissertation on "Senate speeches and popular speeches at Cicero". phil. PhD . In 1936 he passed the state examination for school service and worked as a student trainee at the Wilhelm Gymnasium and as a study assessor at other Braunschweig high schools. In 1938 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and wounded several times during the Second World War , including losing an eye. According to the obituary of the Wilhelm-Gymnasium, written by Kurt Selle , he was aiming for an academic career at the University of Strasbourg , which, however, could not be realized due to the events of the war.

After the war, Mack continued his teaching activities in Braunschweig and in 1951 was a co-founder of the Lower Saxony Classical Philology Association . From 1952 to 1959 he was head of the Johanneum High School in Lüneburg and from 1959 to 1978 of the Braunschweiger Wilhelm High School. Mack died in Braunschweig in 2001 and was buried in the main cemetery there.

Scientific activity

He had been doing genealogical research in his hometown of Braunschweig since 1947 . He continued this research, which also included Latin inscriptions, after his retirement. His oeuvre includes around 30 publications.

Honors

Works (selection)

  • Dietrich Mack (ed.): Cicero: Reden gegen Verres. Selection. (= Westermann texts. Latin series.) With introduction and explanation. 4th edition Westermann, Braunschweig a. a. 1964.
  • Dietrich Mack: Senate speeches and popular speeches at Cicero. (= Kiel works on classical philology…. , Volume 2.) Triltsch, Würzburg 1937, OCLC 10257631 .
  • Dietrich Mack: Medieval inscriptions of the city of Braunschweig as a historical source. In: Treatises of the Braunschweigische scientific society. Volume 4. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1952, OCLC 72234277 .
  • Dietrich Mack: Three patrician houses in Braunschweig's Gördelingerstraße - their inscriptions over the course of three centuries. (= Work reports from the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, 40th ) Städt. Museum Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1982, OCLC 11161185 .
  • Dietrich Mack: picture cycles in the Brüdernkirche in Braunschweig: (1596–1638). (= City Archives; Small Fonts. ) City Archives Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1983, OCLC 46033476 .
  • Dietrich Mack: Brunswick civil families in the 16th and 17th centuries. Goltze, Göttingen 1985, (three volumes, part 1: ISBN 3-88452-813-0 ; part 2: ISBN 3-88452-815-7 ; part 3: ISBN 3-88452-816-5 ).
  • Dietrich Mack: Testaments of the city of Braunschweig (1314-1411). (= Contributions to genealogies of Braunschweig families. 3.) Goltze, Göttingen 1988/1989/1990, (three volumes)
  • From my life: Memories from 1913 to 1959. Braunschweig 1991, OCLC 551899222 .
  • Dietrich Mack: Testaments of the city of Braunschweig - old town (1412-1420). (= Contributions to genealogies of Braunschweig families. 4.) Goltze, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-88452-823-8 .
  • Dietrich Mack: Testaments of the city of Braunschweig - old town (1421-1432). (= Contributions to genealogies of Braunschweig families. 5.) Goltze, Göttingen 1995, ISBN 3-88452-824-6 .
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  • Andrea Boockmann: The inscriptions of the city of Braunschweig until 1528. (= German inscriptions. Volume 35 .; German inscriptions. Göttinger series, volume 5.) Reichert, Wiesbaden 1993, ISBN 3-88226-513-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary of the Wilhelm-Gymnasium
  2. ↑ edit by Andrea Boockmann based on a collection of materials by Dietrich Mack from 1945–1986.
personal data
SURNAME Mack, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German senior director of studies, classical philologist and epigraphist
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 2001
Place of death Braunschweig