Franz Susemihl

Franz Susemihl

Franz Susemihl (born December 10, 1826 in Laage ; †  April 30, 1901 in Florence ) was a German classical philologist who was a professor at the University of Greifswald from 1856 to 1898.

Life

Susemihl was the son of the general practitioner Detlef G. Susemihl. After taking private lessons at home, he attended the Güstrow Cathedral School from 1841 . From 1845 he studied classical philology at the University of Leipzig . In 1846 he was reciprocated in the Corps Misnia Leipzig . As an inactive he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin . In 1848 he taught as a teacher at Domgymnasium in Güstrow , 1850, he was in casting Dr. phil. PhD. In 1852 Susemihl took a position as an assistant teacher at the Schwerin grammar school and qualified as a professor for classical philology in Greifswald . In 1856 he was appointed an extraordinary professor there. In 1863, the Pomeranian State University appointed him full professor. From 1875 to 1876 Susemihl was rector of the Royal University of Greifswald . Until 1898 he taught at the university. In the last years of his life he devoted himself - almost blind - to an Attic literary history that remained unfinished. Susemihl died of pleurisy during a vacation trip to Florence. He was buried in the local evangelical cemetery.

Franz Susemihl gained a great reputation, especially in professional circles, as a translator of the works of the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle . By his 70th birthday, his scientific work already comprised around 11,000 printed pages. In recognition of his services in the field of classical philology, the Prussian state government appointed him a secret councilor in 1892. As the first university professor, Susemihl has also been involved in the Greifswald city council from 1874 onwards.

In 1862 he married Hedwig Marie Barthold (* 1832 † 1899), a daughter of the Greifswald historian Friedrich Wilhelm Barthold . The marriage remained childless. After her death he married Luise Hay (* 1843, † 1911) in 1900.

Fonts

• On the purpose and structure of the Platonic phaedo. In: Philologus . Volume 5, Issue 3, 1850, pp. 385-413, doi: 10.1515 / phil-1850-0301 .
• Prodrome of Platonic Research. A Greifswald habilitation thesis. Dieterich, Göttingen 1852, (digitized version)
• Critical sketches on the prehistory of the Second Punic War. A congratulatory letter on the 300th anniversary of the Güstrow cathedral grammar school on September 29, 1853. Güstrow Cathedral School, Greifswald 1853.
• The genetic development of the Platonic philosophy. 2 (in 3) parts. Teubner, Leipzig 1855-1860.
• The teaching of Aristotle on the nature of the fine arts. A lecture was given in the auditorium of the University of Winckelmannsfest on November 9th, 1861. sn, Greifswald 1862.
• Aristotle's teaching on the nature of the state and the various forms of state. A presentation. sn, Greifswald 1867.
• The History of Greek Literature in the Alexandrian Age. 2 volumes. Teubner, Leipzig 1891-1892.
• New platonic research (= scientific supplement to the course catalog of the University of Greifswald. Easter 1898, ZDB -ID 1072652-4 ). sn, Greifswald 1898, ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania).

See also

• List of corps student rectors

literature

• Ludwig von Urlichs : Skopas in Attica. Invitation to an on the 9th of December Winckelmann's birthday at noon in the smaller academic auditorium of Dr. Franz Susemihl lectures to be given. sn Greifswald 1854, (digitized version)
• Festival ceremony for Franz Susemihl. On the history of Greek science and poetry. Teubner, Leipzig 1898, (digitized version)
• Biographical yearbook for antiquity (necrologist). Vol. 34, 1911, ZDB -ID 3923-8 , pp. 49-102.
• German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 9, Munich 1998, p. 635.
• Robert Kirstein : Achill and Nestor in Greifswald. Ulrich v. Wilamowitz-Moellendorff and Franz Susemihl. In: William M. Calder III , Markus C. Dubischar, Martin Hose , Gregor Vogt-Spira (eds.): Wilamowitz in Greifswald. Files from the conference for Ulrich Wilamowitz-Moellendorff's 150th birthday in Greifswald, 19. – 22. December 1998 (= Spudasmata . 81). Olms, Hildesheim et al. 2000, ISBN 3-487-11175-6 , pp. 168-196.
• Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 9948 .

Web links

Wikisource: Franz Susemihl  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Franz Susemihl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature about Franz Susemihl in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 151/75
2. ↑ Detlev Gustav Heinrich Susemihl in the Rostock matriculation portal (entry on father).

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich Grohé	Rector of the University of Greifswald 1875	Friedrich Mosler