Theodor Birt

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Theodor Birt (born March 22, 1852 in Wandsbek ; † January 28, 1933 in Marburg ) was a German classical philologist and writer . He also used the name of the humanist Beatus Rhenanus as a pseudonym .

After studying in Leipzig and Bonn from 1873 to 1876 , he completed his habilitation in 1878 in Marburg . Here he also taught until 1921, since 1886 as a full professor . From 1902 to 1903 he was rector of the University of Marburg.

He belonged to the ancient philological branch of the Philological-Historical Association , which later became part of the Marburg fraternity of Rhine Franconia through the scientific connection Hercynia .

A street in Wandsbek was named after him.

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Signature of Theodor Birt

In addition to his scientific works, there was a large number of popular scientific publications after 1913 that were published several times; some of them were still available after the war.

In addition, Theodor Birt also appeared as a fiction author (stories, historical novels, plays, poetry).

Trivia

In the archives of the brothers Andreas & Paul Remmel's Bernstein Verlag in Bonn there is a bundle of handwritten lecture notes by Theodor Birt, which date from his student days in Bonn.

Publications

Scientific works

  • 1882: The ancient book system in its relationship to literature . Hertz, Berlin. - Reprinted Scientia, Aalen 1959 and 1974
  • 1892: Claudianus, Claudius: Carmina Recensuit Theodorus Birt. Weidmann, Berlin (Monumenta Germaniae historica, Auctores antiquissimi 10). - Reprint Weidmann, Berlin 1981 and MGH Munich 1981
  • 1907: The scroll in art . Teubner, Leipzig 1907. - Reprinted by Olms, Hildesheim 1976
  • 1913: Critique and Hermeneutics. Along with an outline of the ancient book system . Beck, Munich. 3rd edition (Handbook of Classical Classical Studies I, 3)

Popular literature

  • 1894: A Roman literary history spoken in 5 hours . Elwert, Marburg. - 2nd edition ( in 5 lectures ) 1909
  • 1909: On the cultural history of Rome: collected sketches . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig. - 5th edition 1935
  • 1913: Roman Characters, A World View in Biographies . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig. - 9th edition 1932. 36. – 40. Th. 1954
  • 1916: Schiller, the politician, in the light of our great present . Cotta, Stuttgart. - 2nd to 5th Th. 1916
  • 1917: The Teutons. An explanation of the tradition about the meaning and origin of the name of the people . Beck, Munich
  • 1918: From the life of antiquity . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig. - 4th edition 1925
  • 1918: Socrates, the Athenian . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig
  • 1919: Character pictures of late Rome and the emergence of modern Europe . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig. - 5th edition 1930
  • 1919: From Homer to Socrates. A book about the ancient Greeks . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig. 4th edition 1928
  • 1922: The Cynthia des Properz . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig.
  • 1924: Alexander the Great and world Greece until the appearance of Jesus . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig. 1924
  • 1925: Horace's songs: studies for criticism and interpretation . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig, 2 volumes
  • 1928: The cultural life of the Greeks and Romans in its development . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig
  • 1931: The Greek buildings and the Attic tragedy . Society for Theater History, Berlin
  • 1932: women of antiquity . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig
  • 1941: The Roman Empire [Roman characters a. Character Pictures of Spätroms] Knaur, Berlin

Autobiographical

  • 1902: Greek memories of a traveler. Elwert, Marburg (2nd edition: Greek memories. A travel book. Ibid 1922).
  • 1910: From Provence. Travel sketches . Deutsche Bücherei [series], Leipzig. Reprinted by Rüsch, Großenwörden 1927
  • 1927: Marburg light and shadow images. Memories . Elwert, Marburg
  • 1929: How I Learned. Hamburg memories and mood pictures from the years 1813 to 1872 . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig

Fiction

  • 1886: Attarachus and Valeria. A lyrical story by Beatus Rhenanus . Grunow, Leipzig
  • 1895: King Agis. A tragedy by Beatus Rhenanus in 5 acts . Elwert, Marburg
  • 1908: Kind and naughty. Poems by Beatus Rhenanus . Elwert, Marburg. - 2nd edition 1924
  • 1916: Novels and legends from bygone times . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig. - 4th edition 1928
  • 1911: Menedem. The story of an unbeliever . Cotta, Stuttgart. - 2. u. 3rd thousand 1921
  • 1919: Of hate and love: 5 stories from bygone times . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig
  • 1922: Light and dark sounds in poetry . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig
  • 1923: New short stories and legends from bygone times . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig
  • 1923: Modern short stories . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig
  • 1927: Roxane: An Alexander novel in 10 acts . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig
  • 1930: puzzles and syllable games. Elwert, Marburg
  • 1931: King against his will. - Achilles. 2 novellas . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig

literature

  • Franz Gundlach: Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis 1527-1910 . Marburg 1927, p. 340
  • Inge Auerbach: Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis. Second volume: 1910 to 1971 . Marburg 1979, p. 467
  • Hermann Bengtson :  Birt, Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 260 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Eckart Mensching : Nugae zur Philologie-Geschichte 9 (1996), pp. 9–66 (4 individual articles). Above all, he tries to assess the reception of popular literature. He comes to a total circulation of more than 100,000 copies.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 67-68.

Web links

Wikisource: Theodor Birt  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 915 No. 5741, p. 84 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Birt, Theodore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Birt, Theodor Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Wandsbek
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1933
Place of death Marburg