Heinrich Meusel

Heinrich Meusel (full name August Heinrich Meusel , born February 18, 1844 in Zahna near Wittenberg , † June 12, 1916 in Berlin ) was a German classical philologist and grammar school director.

Life

Heinrich Meusel, the son of the butcher Heinrich Meusel, attended the grammar school in Wittenberg and after graduating (April 10, 1862) studied classical philology and German at the University of Halle (Saale) . On February 2, 1867, he passed the teaching examination in Latin, Greek and German (up to upper level I), religion (up to lower level II) and French (up to upper level III). From April 1, 1868 to March 31, 1869, he completed the probationary year at the grammar school in Wernigerode .

His further career in the Prussian school service led Meusel to Berlin, where he also took up scientific studies. On April 1, 1869, he went to the Friedrichs Gymnasium as a full teacher and was appointed senior teacher there on January 1, 1875. At the same time he submitted a dissertation to the University of Jena , with which on April 3, 1876 he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . On April 1, 1882, he moved to the Humboldt Gymnasium in Kreuzberg , where he received the title of professor on June 30, 1887. On April 1, 1895, he went to the Kölln High School as director , which he directed for 14 years. On January 29, 1908, he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class. On his retirement (April 1, 1909) he was appointed a secret councilor.

In addition to his school service, Meusel dealt with ancient literature. As early as 1871, based on the copies of his academic teacher Julius Zacher, he published the Greek text of the Alexander novel ( Pseudo-Callisthenes B) based on the Leiden manuscript. In his doctoral thesis (1876) he examined the relationship between the two oldest text witnesses of Cicero's speeches against Verres . Thereafter Meusel concentrated entirely on the textual criticism of Caesar's writings. He published a detailed Lexicon Caesarianum (1887-1893) and created a critical edition and a school edition of the De bello Gallico font (both 1894). He later edited the annotated Caesar school editions by Friedrich Kraner , Friedrich Hofmann and Wilhelm Dittenberger .

Fonts (selection)

• Pseudo-Callisthenes. Edited from the Leiden manuscript . In: Yearbooks for Classical Philology . Supplement volume 5 (1871), pp. 701-816. Also separately, Leipzig 1871
• De Ciceronis Verrinarum codicibus. Pars I. Utri Verrinarum codici maior fides habenda sit, palimpsesto Vaticano an regio Parisiensi . Berlin without date [1876] (dissertation, Jena)
• Lexicon Caesarianum . Two volumes in three parts, Berlin 1887–1893. Reprinted 1958
• Coniecturae Caesarianae . Berlin 1893
• C. Iulii Caesaris Belli Gallici libri VII. A. Hirtii liber VIII. Recensuit apparatu critico instruxit Henricus Meusel . Berlin 1894
• C. Iulii Caesaris Belli Gallici libri VII. A. Hirtii liber VIII. Published for school use . Berlin 1894
• Caesar. Contributions to the criticism of the Bellum gallicum . Berlin 1910 (reprint from the annual report of the Philological Association 36, pp. 20–75)

Editing

• C. Iulii Caesaris Commentarii de bello civili. Explained by Friedrich Kraner and Friedrich Hofmann . 11th, completely revised edition, Berlin 1906. 12th edition 1959. 14th edition 1968
• C. Iulii Caesaris Commentarii de bello Gallico. Explained by Friedrich Kraner and Wilhelm Dittenberger . Three volumes. 17th, completely revised edition, Berlin 1913–1920. 18.-20. Edition 1960–1964

literature

• Who is it 5th edition (1911), p. 952
• Socrates. Journal for the high school system . Volume 70 = NF 4 (1916), p. 620

Web links

Wikisource: Heinrich Meusel  - Sources and full texts

• Heinrich Meusel's personnel sheet in the personnel file of the BIL expert body in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)