Franz Olck

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Franz Theodor Olck (born November 25, 1841 in Königsberg ; † November 24, 1905 there ) was a German classical philologist .

life and work

Franz Olck, the son of the merchant H. Olck and grandson of the Reformed pastor Christian Heinrich Olck (1753-1804), attended the Collegium Fridericianum from 1854 to 1860 and then studied Protestant theology and classical philology at the University of Königsberg . He spent the summer semester of 1862 at the University of Heidelberg . He did not complete his studies with a doctorate , but only with the teaching examination in Latin, Greek and religious studies.

After a year as a candidate for education at the Realschule auf der Burg in Königsberg, Olck Michaelis went to the grammar school in Thorn as a full teacher in 1865 . In 1867 he returned to the Burg Gymnasium as a full teacher, where he worked until his retirement on April 1, 1894. In 1884 he was appointed high school professor.

Olck's scientific work focused on Roman literature ( Horace ) as well as ancient chronology and meteorology . His specialty were ancient agriculture and botany . From 1893 until his death he wrote 90 articles in this area for the Realencyclopedia of Classical Classical Studies . Because of his death, he was no longer able to publish a monograph entitled The Vegetables of the Greeks and Romans .

Fonts (selection)

  • The inauthentic passages in the Odes of Horace . Königsberg 1868 (school program)
  • The latest views on the goals of higher education . Koenigsberg 1878

literature

  • Gustav Zippel: teacher and high school graduate of the Royal Friedrich College of Königsberg / Pr. 1698-1898 . Königsberg 1898, pp. 30-31.
  • Alexander Dedekind: A contribution to purple studies . Volume 2, Berlin 1906, p. 122. p. 369 Note 2
  • Gustav Toepke : The register of the University of Heidelberg . Volume 6. Heidelberg 1907, p. 435.
  • Albert Zweck : The history of the castle school 1664–1914. Festschrift for the 250th anniversary of the institution . Königsberg 1914, p. 298.

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personal data
SURNAME Olck, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olck, Franz Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1905
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)