Karl Pilling

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Karl Pilling (born October 7, 1863 in Gößnitz , Sachsen-Altenburg , † May 18, 1930 in Jena ) was a German classical philologist and high school teacher .

Karl Pilling attended the Friedrichsgymnasium in Altenburg and then studied from 1882 in Jena , Berlin and Halle , where he received his doctorate in 1886. During his studies in 1882 he became a member of the Teutonia Jena fraternity . In 1887 he passed the teaching examination and did his probationary year 1887/1888 at the Domgymnasium in Naumburg , where he was then employed as a teacher. In 1918 he switched to the cathedral grammar school in Merseburg , where he became director. He retired on April 1, 1929.

Like numerous other high school teachers of his time, he published alongside his teaching activities and contributed articles for Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher's Detailed Lexicon of Greek and Roman Mythology .

Publications (selection)

  • Quomodo Telephi fabulam et scriptores et artifices veteres tractaverint . Halle 1886 (= dissertation).
  • To the Heraclidean legend . Naumburg 1890.
  • Pergamene cults . Naumburg 1903.
  • The transition from the Merseburg collegiate school to the Prussian school system 1815–1830 . In: To celebrate the three hundred and fifty years of existence of the Domgymnasium in Merseburg in 1925 . Merseburg 1925; S. [1] -12.

literature

  • Director of Studies i. R. Dr. Pilling † . In: Merseburger Tageblatt. Kreisblatt, volume 170, number 117 (= Tuesday, May 20, 1930)
  • Professor Dr. Karl Pilling, Director of Studies i. R. In: Sachsen-Altenburgischer patriotic history and house calendar 1933, 100th year. Altenburg, Thür .: Pierersche Hofbuchdruckerei; P. 296f.
  • Franz Kössler: Personal dictionary of teachers of the 19th century. Paalhorn - Pyrkosch . Giessen 2007.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Elsheimer (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members. Edition 1925/26. Frankfurt am Main 1925/26, p. 342.

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personal data
SURNAME Pilling, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pilling, Ludwig Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Goessnitz
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1930
Place of death Jena