Johannes Tolkiehn

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Johannes Tolkiehn (born December 27, 1865 in Königsberg ; † late May 1933 there ) was a German classical philologist .

Life

Johannes Tolkiehn was the son of postmaster August Tolkiehn and his wife Malvina, nee Bender. From 1874 to 1883 Johannes Tolkiehn attended the Collegium Fridericianum , which his father had already attended. After graduation, he studied at the Albertus University in Königsberg to become a teacher. He attended courses in various subjects: philosophy with Günther Thiele and Julius Walter , German studies with Oskar Erdmann and Oskar Schade , ancient history with Franz Rühl and Rudolf Schubert , archeology with Gustav Hirschfeld and art history with Georg Dehio . But he especially concentrated on classical philology. His academic teachers Ludwig Friedländer , Ludwig Jeep , Henri Jordan , Arthur Ludwich and Alfred Schöne were all influenced by the Königsberg School of Classical Philology, which used the methods of ancient grammarians to explain the author. With this in mind, Tolkiehn also wrote his dissertation, with which he became a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . On May 24, 1889, he passed the state examination and received his teaching qualification in Latin and Greek (upper level I) and religion (lower level II). On March 8, 1890, in a supplementary examination, he acquired his teaching qualification in German (lower level II).

After the exam, Tolkiehn first went to the Prussian school service. He completed the seminar year at the Royal Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Königsberg in 1890/91 and the probationary year at the Altstädtisches Gymnasium there in 1891/92 . Then he returned to the university, completed his habilitation in 1896 (against the resistance of Rühl) and held Latin style exercises. Since he had no income as a private lecturer, from 1900 to 1907 he also represented a regular assistant teacher at the Old Town High School. On April 1, 1907, he was appointed associate professor at the University of Königsberg. He held Greek and Latin style exercises until 1931.

Tolkiehn's scientific production was entirely shaped by the Königsberg School. He dealt intensively with the Roman grammarians, for which he presented numerous fundamental studies. He examined the reception of Homer among Roman grammarians, the literary history of the imperial era and late antiquity and the works of various late antique grammarians, including Cominianus , Dositheus and Clemens Scotus ; he published the works of the latter two in critical editions. In addition, he wrote some articles for the Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity , whose volumes he published in the Philological Weekly .

Johannes Tolkiehn was married to a daughter of his academic teacher Arthur Ludwich.

Fonts (selection)

  • Quaestionum ad Heroides Ovidianas spectantium capita VII . Königsberg 1888 (dissertation)
  • De Homeri auctoritate in cotidiana Romanorum vita . In: Yearbooks for Classical Philology . Supplement Volume 23 (1897), pp. 221-286
  • Homer and Roman Poetry . Leipzig 1900
  • Cominianus. Contributions to Roman literary history . Leipzig 1910
  • Dosithei ars grammatica . Leipzig 1913
  • Philological forays . Leipzig 1916
  • Clementis ars grammatica . Leipzig 1928 (Philologus supplement volume 20.3)

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personal data
SURNAME Tolkiehn, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH May 1933
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)