Richard Heinze

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Richard Heinze (born August 11, 1867 in Naumburg (Saale) ; † August 22, 1929 in Bad Wiessee ) was a German classical philologist who worked as a professor in Berlin (1900–1903), Königsberg (1903–1906) and Leipzig (1906 –1929) worked. He shaped the classical philology of the 20th century through his investigations into the originality of the Roman poets compared to their Greek models and through his text-critical and exegetical methods.

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Richard Heinze, the younger brother of the politician Rudolf Heinze , attended the Nikolaischule in Leipzig and studied classical philology at the University of Leipzig with Otto Ribbeck from 1885 to 1887 . During his studies he joined the Association of German Students in Leipzig. In 1887 he moved to the University of Bonn , where he was shaped by Hermann Usener and Franz Bücheler . He had a lifelong friendship with his fellow students Alfred Körte and Eduard Norden . In 1889 Heinze received his doctorate with Usener with the dissertation “de Horatio Bionis imitatore”, and in 1890 he passed the state examination. After studying for a semester at the University of Berlin with Theodor Mommsen , he traveled to Italy for a year in 1892.

In 1893 Heinze completed his habilitation at the University of Strasbourg with a work on the Greek philosopher Xenocrates . As a lecturer in Strasbourg, he became a friend of the philologist Georg Kaibel . In the winter of 1896/97 he went on a trip to Greece. In 1900 he went to Berlin as an associate professor. In 1903 he accepted a call as a full professor at the University of Königsberg . In 1906, after Friedrich Marx's departure , he moved to Leipzig, where he taught until his death in 1929. In 1922 he took over the editor of the magazine Hermes as the successor to Georg Wissowa . After his death, Alfred Körte became editor. Richard Heinze was a full member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences (from 1907) and a corresponding member of the Society of Sciences in Göttingen (from 1917).

Heinze's scientific effectiveness was shaped by his teachers in many ways. Mommsen had stimulated him to occupy himself with the Roman state and legal system, Usener had familiarized him with Hellenistic culture, philosophy and religion. Heinze was the first to thoroughly analyze and appreciate the personal contribution of the Roman writers in their adaptation of Greek literature. His argument for Virgil's originality ensured a benevolent reception of the poet in Germany, which had already started in other European countries. In his work, Heinze was helped by the precision and language skills he had developed at Bücheler, as well as the taste that Ribbeck refined. Heinze's way of interpreting texts and his method of investigating the history of concepts shaped the classical philology of the 20th century.

From 1899 Heinze was married to Johanna Gröber (1876–1951), the daughter of the Romanist Gustav Gröber . The couple had two sons, including the lawyer Rupprecht Heinze (1907–1985).

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Remarks

  1. ^ Hans Güldner, Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations : Directory of honorary members and old men. Gütersloh 1899, p. 37.
  2. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 108.
personal data
SURNAME Heinze, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1929
Place of death Bad Wiessee