Ernst Hugo Berger

Ernst Hugo Berger (as a book author often only Hugo Berger , born October 6, 1836 in Gera , † September 27, 1904 in Leipzig ) was a German classical philologist and historical geographer .

Ernst Hugo Berger studied at the Thomas School in Leipzig until 1856 . From 1856 to 1862 he studied classical philology and theology at the University of Leipzig . From 1862 to 1866 he worked as a teacher at various schools in Leipzig. The marriage to Emilie Seidler, daughter of August Seidler , enabled him to live as a private scholar since 1866 thanks to the wealth of his wife. In 1869 he was at the University of Leipzig with the work The geographical fragments of Hipparchus in Historical Geography Dr. phil. PhD. From 1899 to 1904 he was Professor of Historical Geography at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig. He was a corresponding member of the Thuringian-Saxon Association for Geography. In 1890 he was accepted as a full member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences . His History of the Scientific Geography of the Greeks became the standard work in the field of ancient geography.

Publications (selection)

The geographical fragments of Hipparchus. Leipzig 1869 ( online )
The geographical fragments of Eratosthenes. Leipzig 1880 ( online )
History of scientific geography of the Greeks. 4 parts, Leipzig 1887-1893. 2nd, improved and supplemented edition Leipzig 1903. Reprint Berlin 1966.
Mythical cosmography of the Greeks , detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology , supplement, Leipzig 1904 ( PDF )

literature

Edgar Lehmann: Berger, Ernst Hugo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 82 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Wikisource: Ernst Hugo Berger - Sources and full texts

Ernst Hugo Berger in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Overview of Ernst Hugo Berger's courses at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1900 to winter semester 1904)

Individual evidence

↑ Richard Sachse, Karl Ramshorn, Reinhart Herz: The teachers of the Thomasschule in Leipzig 1832-1912. The high school graduates of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1845–1912 . BG Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1912, p. 31.
^ Directory of the members of the Thuringian-Saxon Geography Association on March 31, 1885 ( Memento from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Berger, Ernst Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Berger, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German classical philologist and historical geographer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 6, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gera
DATE OF DEATH	September 27, 1904
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Richard Sachse, Karl Ramshorn, Reinhart Herz: The teachers of the Thomasschule in Leipzig 1832-1912. The high school graduates of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1845–1912 . BG Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1912, p. 31.

[2] Directory of the members of the Thuringian-Saxon Geography Association on March 31, 1885 ( Memento from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive )