Johann Georg Baiter
Johann Georg Baiter (born May 31, 1801 in Zurich ; † October 10, 1877 there ) was a Swiss philologist and text critic .
He grew up in his hometown, went to the University of Tübingen in 1818 , but could not afford to stay there, so he had to return to Zurich, where he lived for a few years as a private teacher. From 1824 to 1829 he studied at the University of Munich with Friedrich Thiersch , at the University of Göttingen with Georg Dissen and the University of Königsberg with Christian Lobeck . From 1833 to 1876 he was a senior teacher at the high school in Zurich.
Baiter's attention was directed to textual criticism, especially with regard to Cicero and the Attic speakers . He succeeded in using the best manuscripts , and his compilations were extremely accurate. He made most of his work in collaboration with other scholars, including Johann Caspar von Orelli , who regarded him as his right hand. He gave Isokrates out Panegyricus (1831), with Hermann Sauppe together Lycurgus , Leocralca (1834) and Oratores Atticae (1838-1850), with Orelli and Winckelmann a critical edition of the works of Plato (1839-1842), with Orelli Babrius, fabellae Iambicae nuper repertae (1845), as well as Isocrates in Didot's classic collection (1846).
He was associated with Orelli in his great work on Cicero and assisted with Ciceronis Scholiastae (1833) and Onomasticon Tullianum (1836-1838). The Fasti Consulares and Triumphales were his work alone. He worked with Orelli and (after his death) Karl Felix Halm on the second edition of Cicero and edited the same author as Kayser for the Tauchnitz series (1860–1869). The new edition of Orellis Tacitus and Horace is also thanks to him. Together with Sauppe he translated Leakes Topography of Athens .
literature
- Ueli Dill : Baiter, Johann Georg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Adolf Kaegi : Baiter, Johann Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 190-192.
Web links
- Publications by and about Johann Georg Baiter in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Johann Georg Baiter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Overview of Johann Georg Baiter's courses at the University of Zurich (summer semester 1833 to summer semester 1849)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baiter, Johann Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss philologist and text critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1877 |
| Place of death | Zurich |