Emil Kroymann

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Emil Kroymann (born December 15, 1865 in Bordesholm ; † July 17, 1951 in Karlsruhe ) was a German classical philologist and headmaster of the Berlin-Steglitz high school .

Kroymann graduated from high school in Rendsburg . After studying classical philology and the Göttingen dissertation in 1893 on text criticism with Tertullian, he worked primarily on this author. As a teacher he worked in Plön , Düsseldorf, Essen and from 1909 Berlin-Steglitz, where he was promoted to senior director in 1919. He published a. a. a Greek school grammar. In 1925 he was elected as 1st chairman of the newly founded German Classical Philology Association. Werner Jaeger , whose Paideia concept he supported, supported him as second chairman.

The Steglitz grammar school became known as the place of origin of the wandering bird in the empire.

Fonts (selection)

  • Theodor Kükelhaus: a memorial speech . Voss, Düsseldorf 1905 ( digitized version )
  • Emil Kroymann, Otto Regenbogen : What do schools and universities expect from each other in the field of ancient language teaching? , 2 lectures, go on d. 56th meeting of German philologists and schoolmen in Göttingen on September 29, 1927, Teubner Leipzig 1928

literature

  • Fritz Sommer: Emil Kroymann in memory . In: Gymnasium . Vol. 59 (1952), pp. 1-3.

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