Henri Jordan
Heinrich "Henri" Jordan (born September 30, 1833 in Berlin ; † November 10, 1886 in Königsberg ) was a German philologist and university professor .
Jordan studied from 1852 to 1856 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin . In Berlin, he worked as a candidate for school education at the Friedrichswerder high school . Easter 1861 habilitation he found there, study half was in the autumn of 1861 to Easter 1863 in Italy and 1867 o. Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Königsberg . In 1875/76 he was rector of the Albertina . He worked closely with Christian Hülsen and Rodolfo Lanciani . His main work is the topography of the city of Rome in antiquity , published in two volumes from 1870 to 1885 .
Henri Jordan was married to Anna Droysen (1842–1918), daughter of the historian Johann Gustav Droysen .
Fonts (selection)
- Quaestionum Catonianarum capita duo , dissertation, Berlin 1856
- M. Catonis praeter librum de re rustica quae extant (Leipzig 1860; Stuttgart: Teubner, 1967)
- Scriptores historiae Augustae (vol. 1, Berlin)
- Topography of the city of Rome in antiquity (Berlin 1870-85, 2 vols.)
- Forma urbis Romae (Berlin 1874)
- Critical contributions to the history of the Latin language (Berlin 1879)
- Capitol, Forum and Sacra Via in Rome (Berlin 1881)
- Marsyas at the Forum in Rome (Berlin 1883)
- C. Sallusti Crispi Catilina Jugurtha Historiarum reliquae codicibus servatae; Accedunt rhetorum opuscula Sallustiana Henricus Jordan tertium recognovit . (Edited by Paul Krueger after Jordan's death). Berlin: Weidmann, 1887.
Jordan also got the 3rd edition of Ludwig Preller's Roman Mythology (Berlin 1881).
Web links
- Literature by and about Henri Jordan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wilt Aden Schröder : Biogram of Henri Jordan in the scholarly historical prosopography of the Teuchos Center
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SURNAME | Jordan, Henri |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jordan, Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1833 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1886 |
Place of death | Koenigsberg |