Justus Siegismund

Justus Siegismund (born June 25, 1851 in Leipzig ; † March 3, 1876 at Hagios Tychonas , Cyprus ) was a German philologist .

Life

Siegismund was born in Leipzig in 1851 as the son of a craftsman. Due to pigment problems in the eyes, he had problems with vision and was considered "photophobic". He attended the Thomas School in Leipzig . After graduating from high school, he studied classical philology with Georg Curtius at the University of Leipzig, among others . He received his PhD in 1872 with the work Quaestionum de Methathesi Graeca particula I. to Dr. phil. He then passed the state examination with distinction and became a teacher at the Nikolaischule in Leipzig and in 1873 at the Protestant grammar school in Strasbourg . He went on educational trips to Vienna, Constantinople, Athens and Cyprus. In Cyprus, he and Wilhelm Deecke examined the previously unknown Greek inscriptions on the island. The work was received positively in the professional world and Siegismund received a grant from the Saxon government to visit Greece and the Aegean Islands. Then he stayed again from January 1876 on Cyprus, about which he wanted to write a topographical-historical treatise. While visiting a Phoenician grave, he fell and died at the scene of the accident. He was buried in Limassol . Siegismund's merits lie in the field of research into ancient Greek grammar and Greek inscriptions.

literature

• Hermann Arthur Lier:  Siegismund, Justus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, pp. 205 f.

Web links

• Literature by and about Justus Siegismund in the bibliographic database WorldCat