Karl Jacoby (philologist)

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Karl Jacoby (born February 7, 1849 in Gumbinnen ; † January 7, 1939 in Hamburg ) was a German classical philologist and high school teacher.

Karl Jacoby, the son of a pastor, attended high school in Memel and, after graduating from high school on April 10, 1867, studied classical philology in Berlin and Leipzig , where he was particularly influenced by Friedrich Ritschl . On April 26, 1871 he was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate , on November 3, 1871 he passed the teaching examination. Instead of a probationary year, he worked as a provisional teacher at Christian Friedrich Krause's private school in Dresden-Neustadt until April 1872 , then as a senior teacher at Leipzig's Nicolaigymnasium . On October 1, 1872, he moved to the Aarau Cantonal School in Switzerland as the main teacher of classical philology . On October 1, 1876, he became a senior teacher at the Royal High School in Danzig, where he was appointed high school professor on November 23, 1885. He found his final position as a senior teacher at the Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Hamburg , where he worked from April 1, 1886 to March 31, 1921. In 1918 he was deputy headmaster for a short time.

In addition to teaching, Jacoby was also scientifically active. His work concentrated on the ancient historians, in particular on Dionysius of Halicarnassus , whose language and textual criticism he had been dealing with since his studies at Ritschl's suggestion. From 1885 to 1905 his basic critical edition of Antiquitates Romanae was published by Teubner-Verlag . In addition, Jacoby published school editions of the Roman poets Catullus , Tibullus , Properz , Horace and Ovid .

Jacoby's academic estate, which mainly contained critical material on Dionysius, went to the Hamburg State and University Library after his death . Part of it was moved to Berlin during the Second World War and has been lost.

Fonts (selection)

  • Observationes criticae in Dionysii Halicarnassensis Antiquitates Romanas . Leipzig 1871 (dissertation)
  • About the language of Dionysius of Halicarnassus in Roman archeology . Aarau 1874 (school program)
  • Anthology from the elegists of the Romans. Declared for school use . 1st edition in two volumes, Leipzig 1882. 2nd and 3rd edition in four booklets
  • Dionysi Halicarnasensis Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt . Four volumes, Leipzig 1885–1905 ( Dionysii Halicarnasei quae extant 1–4). Reprints Stuttgart 1967, 1995–1997
  • The first moral weeklies in Hamburg at the beginning of the eighteenth century . Hamburg 1888 (school program)
  • Selection from the Latin poets . Three booklets, Leipzig 1911–1924. 2nd to 4th edition in four issues
  • Dionysi Halicarnasensis Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt. Indices . Leipzig 1925. Reprint Stuttgart 1998

literature

  • Ernst Bischoff : The teaching staff of the Nicolaigymnasium in Leipzig 1816–1896 / 97: Biographical-bibliographical contributions to school history . Leipzig 1897, p. 32
  • Franz Bömer (Ed.): Wilhelm-Gymnasium Hamburg 1881–1956 . Hamburg 1956, p. 13. 145
  • The bequests in the libraries of the Federal Republic of Germany . Edited by Ludwig Denecke . Second edition, completely reworked by Tilo Brandis . Boppard 1981, p. 169

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personal data
SURNAME Jacoby, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jacoby, Carl; Jacoby, Karl Sigismund (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Gumbinnen
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1939
Place of death Hamburg