Hugo Weber (philologist)

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Hugo Ernst Barthold Weber (born December 5, 1832 in Weißensee (Thuringia) , † May 19, 1904 in Eisenach ) was a German classical philologist , Germanist and headmaster in Eisenach.

The son of a mill owner received private tuition and from 1845 went to the Pforta State School , where he graduated from high school in 1851. After studying at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , which he completed in 1855/1856 with a doctorate and the state examination, he completed his legal clerkship in Berlin. After a station in Halle in 1857, he went to the Gymnasium zu Mühlhausen in January 1861 , and Michaelis to the Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium Weimar in 1861 . From 1881 to 1898 he was headmaster at the Carl-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Eisenach, today's Martin-Luther-Gymnasium . In addition, he dealt with classical philology, Baltic linguistics and German didactics . His German literary history , which he wrote in the spirit of the establishment of the Reich in 1871, was used until 1945. He was honored with the title of Hofrat in 1888 and the Privy Councilor in 1897 .

Fonts

  • German language and poetry. Introduction to German literature from the beginning to the present. Klinkhardt, Leipzig 1879 (46 editions up to 1941, later edited by Hermann Schillmann and Richard Reisig ).
  • The maintenance of national education through teaching in the mother tongue: at the same time an exposition of the principles and the organization of this teaching. Leipzig 1872.
  • Textbook and reader for rural advanced training schools. Klinkhardt, Leipzig.
  • Text and exercise book for the German language. Klinkhardt, Leipzig.
  • with Ernst Weber: Aristophanic Studies. From the estate. Dieterich, Leipzig 1908.
  • with Antanas Baranauskas , Franz Specht : Lithuanian dialects . Volume II, 1922. Reprinted in 2013.

School program brochures

  • The Doric particle ka: a contribution to the teaching of the Greek dialects. Hall 1864.
  • De Hesychii ad Eulogium epistula . Weimar 1865 (Weimar Gymnasium program).
  • Coniecturae Tullianae . Weimar 1871 (Weimar Gymnasium program).
  • East Lithuanian texts. Edited by Antoni Baranowski and Hugo Weber with an introduction and notes . 1882 (Weimar Gymnasium program).
  • Quaestiones Catullianae. Gotha 1890 (Eisenach grammar school program).

literature

  • Ernst Weber, Leo Weber: In memory of Hugo Weber. Böhlau, Weimar 1906.

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personal data
SURNAME Weber, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Hugo Ernst Barthold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist, Germanist and headmaster
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißensee (Thuringia)
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1904
Place of death Eisenach