Martin Luther D'Ooge

Martin Luther D'Ooge (born July 17, 1839 in Zonnemaire , Netherlands , † September 12, 1915 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American classical philologist who worked as a professor of Greek language and literature at the University of Michigan (1868 –1912) worked.

Life

Martin Luther D'Ooge came from a Huguenot family who emigrated from the Netherlands to the USA around 1851 and settled in Grand Rapids (Michigan) . His parents were the teacher Leonard D'Ooge and Johanna D'Ooge, geb. Quintus; his younger brother was the philologist Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1860-1940).

Martin Luther D'Ooge studied Classical Philology at the University of Michigan , with which he remained connected throughout his life. After the Bachelor's degree in 1862, he led from 1863 to 1865, the Ann Arbor High School. From 1864 to 1867 he studied theology at Union Theological Seminary; during this time he obtained his master's degree in 1865 . In 1867 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Ancient Languages ​​at Michigan State Normal School, later Eastern Michigan University . However, he left this school after only a year, when he was appointed acting professor at the University of Michigan in 1868 , his alma mater . In 1870 he was appointed full professor and was given a two-year vacation, which he used for a longer educational trip to Germany. There he deepened his studies with the philologists Georg Curtius and Justus Hermann Lipsius, and in 1872 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD .

After his return to the United States, D'Ooge resumed teaching at the University of Michigan. From 1889 to 1897 he was dean of the College of Literature and Science. During his career in Michigan, D'Ooge was also involved in scientific associations. He was a founding member from 1869 and 1883/84 President of the American Philological Association . In 1886/87 he was the annual director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens . He retired in 1912 at the age of 73.

D'Ooge's scientific work began after his studies in Leipzig. He wrote several studies on the Attic orator Demosthenes and the tragedian Sophocles , as well as editions of the Kranzrede (1875) and the Antigone (1884). After his stay in Athens he prepared a book on the Acropolis , which was published in 1908. His last work was a translation of the Introduction to Arithmetic by the Greek mathematician Nicomachus of Gerasa , published posthumously in 1926 . D'Ooge's scientific papers are in the Bentley Historical Library .

D'Ooge has received several awards for his services as an academic teacher and scientist. His home university awarded him the degree of Doctor of Letters (LL. D.) in 1889 , and Rutgers University made him an honorary Doctor of Litterature (D. Litt.) In 1901 .

Fonts (selection)

• On the use of the suffixes τερ, τορ, τηρ, τα in Homer . Leipzig 1872 (dissertation)
• The oration of Demosthenes On the Crown. With extracts from the oration of Aeschines against Ctesiphon, and explanatory notes . Chicago 1875
• Sophocles: Antigone. Edited on the basis of Wolff's edition by ML D'Ooge . Boston 1884
• The Acropolis of Athens . New York / London 1908
• Nicomachus: Introduction to Arithmetic . New York / London 1926. Reprinted 1955

literature

• Campbell Bonner : Martin Luther D'Ooge in memoriam . In: Classical Philology . Volume 10 (1915), p. 488
• Ward W. Briggs : D'Ooge, Martin Luther . In: Ward W. Briggs (Ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists . Westport, CT / London: Greenwood Press 1994, ISBN 978-0-313-24560-2 , p. 139.

Web links

• Entry on Martin Luther D'Ooge in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)
• Information on Martin Luther D'Ooge, University of Michigan Faculty History 1817–1920 (English)