Eduard Zarncke

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Eduard Zarncke (born August 7, 1857 in Leipzig ; † March 4, 1936 there ) was a German classical philologist and librarian .

biography

Eduard Zarncke was the son of the Germanist Friedrich Zarncke and followed in his footsteps as a philologist, even if he specialized in classical philology instead of German studies.

Zarncke was born in Leipzig, his father's main place of work, and attended the Nikolaigymnasium there . He then studied philology in Heidelberg, Strasbourg and Leipzig and received his doctorate in 1880 with the dissertation De vocabulis Graecanicis quae traduntur in inscriptionibus Carminum Horatianorum . In 1881 he became a trainee at the University Library in Leipzig , where he was promoted to chief librarian until 1902. In 1885 he completed his habilitation in Leipzig and in 1888 he was appointed associate professor. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler .

Zarncke was editor of the magazines "Literarian Wochenschrift" and "Die Neue Literatur".

Works

  • Eduard Zarncke: “Friedrich Zarncke, geb. on July 7, 1825, died on October 15, 1891 “(scientifically significant obituary for his father). In: Biographisches Jahrbuch für Altertumskunde 18 (1895), pp. 90-108. (also separately: Berlin 1895)

Archival material

An archive of Edward and Zarncke be found, for example,

  • in the Leipzig University Library in the Zarncke estate , including two handwritten letters from Ferdinand Jugler to Zarncke at Breitkopf & Härtel
    • 15 pages from March 12, 1904 with an account of the life of Jugler's great-grandfather and grandfather, with whom he wants to have the family papers and written memoirs published; Signature: NL 249/1 / J / 499 ;
    • 2 pages from April 4, 1905 with Jugler's thanks to Zarncke for his efforts; Signature: NL 249/1 / J / 500

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Franz Neubert (ed.): Deutsches Zeitgenossenlexikon. Biographical manual of contemporary German men and women. Leipzig: Schulze 1905. p. 428.
  2. ↑ Compare the results of the Kalliope network of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Berlin State Library
personal data
SURNAME Zarncke, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1936
Place of death Leipzig