Franz Ludwig Teufel
Franz Ludwig Teufel (born February 5, 1848 in Donaueschingen , † April 19, 1884 in Karlsruhe ) was a German classical philologist , orientalist and librarian .
Life
Teufel was the son of the archbishop architect Franz Teufel. He attended grammar school in Donaueschingen and, after the family moved in 1864, grammar school in Freiburg im Breisgau . From 1868 he studied classical philology in Freiburg, one of his teachers was Wilhelm Brambach . In 1872 he received his doctorate and then went to the Freiburg University Library as an assistant . In 1873 he followed his teacher Brambach to Karlsruhe and began working as a laborer in the court library there . Here he was also occupied with the study of the Orient, the oriental languages and history and planned to write a history of Persia under the Safavids . Shortly before his death, negotiations about his habilitation had come to an end. Devil suddenly died of a stroke.
Fonts
- De Catulli, Tibulli, propertii vocibus singularibus. Lehmann, Freiburg im Breisgau 1872 (Freiburg i. Br., Univ., Diss., 1872; digitized ).
literature
- Richard Eschke: Franz Ludwig Teufel. Obituary. In: Central Journal for Libraries. Volume 1, 1884, pp. 268–270 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Devil, Franz Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist, orientalist and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Donaueschingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1884 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |