Gaston Boissier

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Gaston Boissier

Gaston Boissier (full name Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier , born August 15, 1823 in Nîmes , † June 10, 1908 in Viroflay ) was a French ancient historian and classical philologist .

Life

Boissier developed an interest in archeology and epigraphy early on . He studied philology at the École normal supérieure in Paris and then taught as a professor of rhetoric at the high school in Angoulême . He later moved to Paris, first to the Lycée Charlemagne , then to the École normal superieure and finally in 1869 as a professor of Latin poetry at the Collège de France . In 1885 he switched to the chair for the history of Latin literature, which he held until 1906.

Boissier was one of the most important classical scholars of his time. His studies of Roman literature and history, including several standard works, were received all over the world and earned him rich recognition. In 1876 he was appointed to the Académie française , where he served as permanent secretary from 1895 . From 1882 he was a full foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences , from 1886 a full member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and from 1894 a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg . In 1904 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He was in contact with many researchers at home and abroad, including Theodor Mommsen in particular .

Fonts (selection)

  • Le Poète Attius. Étude sur la tragédie latine pendant la République . Paris / Nîmes 1857
  • Etude sur la vie et les ouvrages de MT Varron . Paris 1861
  • Cicéron et ses amis. Étude sur la société romaine du temps de César . Paris 1865. 2nd edition 1870. 14th edition 1908. Reprint Hildesheim / New York 1976
    • German translation by Eduard Doehler: Cicero and his friends. A Study of Roman Society in Caesar's Time . Leipzig 1869
    • English translation. 1897
  • La religion romaine d'Auguste aux Antonins . 2 volumes, Paris 1874. 6th edition 1906. 7th edition 1909. Reprint Hildesheim / New York 1979
  • L'Opposition sous les Césars . Paris 1875. 7th edition, Paris 1913
  • Promenades archéologiques. Rome et Pompéi . Paris 1880
  • Nouvelles promenades archéologiques. Horace and Virgile . Paris 1885. 2nd edition 1899
  • Madame de Sévigné . Paris 1887
    • English translation by Melville B. Anderson: Madame de Sévigné . Chicago 1889
  • La fin du paganisme. Étude sur les dernières luttes religieuses en Occident au quatrième siècle . 2 volumes, Paris 1891. 2nd edition 1894. Reprint Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 1987
  • L'Afrique romaine. Promenades archéologiques en Algérie et en Tunisie . Paris 1895
  • Saint-Simon . Paris 1892. 2nd edition 1899
  • Tacite . Paris 1903
    • English translation by WG Hutchison. 1906
  • La Conjuration de Catilina . Paris 1905

literature

  • Paul Thoulouze: Gaston Boissier (1823-1908) . Paris 1923

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SURNAME Boissier, Gaston
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boissier, Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ancient historian and classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Nîmes
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1908
Place of death Viroflay