Peter Langen
Peter Langen (born June 6, 1835 in Cologne , † May 25, 1897 in Münster in Westphalia ) was a German classical philologist .
Life
Peter Langen was the eldest son of a Cologne merchant. The future theologian Joseph Langen was one of his four younger siblings . After attending elementary school and grammar school at Marzellen , he went to the University of Bonn in the fall of 1853 to study classical philology. Among his academic teachers especially Friedrich Ritschl , Otto Jahn and Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker , along with Friedrich Heimsoeth , Leopold Schmidt , John Vahlen and Heinrichsbrunn . Towards the end of the eighth semester concluded Langen his studies and was awarded a dissertation on the accent teaching of Latin grammarians doctorate ( "summa cum laude"). In his dissertation, he provided evidence for the first time that Latin was already expiratory accentuated in ancient times . Despite the contradictions of the linguist Wilhelm Paul Corssen, this view became the communis opinio .
After graduating, Langen initially decided against an academic career and began his probationary year at the Cologne High School in Marzellen in the fall of 1857. In the fall of 1858 he was employed as a temporary teacher. Two years later he moved to a similar position in Koblenz, in 1862 to Trier, where he was appointed full teacher after one year. In autumn 1865 he switched to the high school in Düren as a senior teacher.
In addition to teaching at the grammar school, Langen continued his research on the Latin language and literature. Due to his teaching success and his scientific work, he was appointed full professor for Latin language and literature at the Theological and Pedagogical Academy in Münster in 1868 - without habilitation . His teaching activities encompassed all of ancient Latin literature, with a focus on Augustan and imperial literature; he also held lectures on Greek literature ( Aeschylus , Euripides , Theocritus ). Together with Franz Winiewski and his successor Johann Matthias Stahl , he led the Philological Seminar. He also wrote numerous works on Latin linguistics, Plautus and Cornificius .
Langen died at the age of 61 from complications from an ear disease.
Fonts (selection)
- De grammaticorum Latinorum praeceptis quae ad accentum spectant , dissertation, Bonn 1857.
- Contributions to the criticism and explanation of Plautus , Leipzig 1880 ( archive.org ). Reprinted in Hildesheim / New York 1973.
- Plautinische Studien , Berlin 1886. Reprint Hildesheim 1970 ( archive.org ).
- T. Macci Plauti Aulularia in usum scholarum recognovit , Münster 1889 ( archive.org ).
- C. Valeri Flacci Setini Balbi Argonauticon libri octo enarravit , Berlin 1896 ( archive.org ). Reprint Hildesheim 1967.
literature
- Johann Matthias Stahl: Peter Langen. In: Biographisches Jahrbuch für Altertumskunde. 21st year (1898), pp. 1–13 (with list of publications).
Web links
- Literature by Peter Langen in the catalog of the German National Library
First chair: Hermann Ludwig Nadermann (1821–1853) | Ferdinand Deycks (1843–1867) | Peter Langen (1868–1897) | Peter Sonnenburg (1898–1928) | Franz Beckmann (1931–1963) | Hermann Tränkle (1963–1972) | Christian Gnilka (1972-2002) | Christine Schmitz (since 2002)
Second chair: Franz Winiewski (1838–1874) | Johann Matthias Stahl (1874–1906) | Wilhelm Kroll (1906–1913) | Richard Wünsch (1913–1915) | Hermann Schöne (1916–1935) | Walter Eberhardt (1937–1946) | Friedrich Mehmel (1947–1951) | Richard Harder (1952–1957) | Gerhard Müller (1958–1962) | Martin Sicherheitsl (1963–1982) | Wolfgang Huebner (1986-2004) | Alexander Arweiler (since 2004)
Third chair (until 1918 extraordinary): Franz Ignaz Schwerdt (1861–1868) | Adalbert Parmet (1869–1898) | Carl Hosius (1897–1906) | Ludwig Radermacher (1906–1909) | Karl Münscher (1909–1936) | Rudolf Güngerich (1951–1953) | Hermann Kleinknecht (1953–1960) | Heinrich Dörrie (1961–1980) | Hermann Wankel (1981–1991) | Adolf Köhnken (1992–2002) | Christian Pietsch (since 2003)
Fourth chair: Otto Hiltbrunner (1962–1979)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langen, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1897 |
| Place of death | Muenster |