Wolfgang Richter (philologist)

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Karl Wolfgang Richter (born May 27, 1935 in Coswig ) is a German classical philologist .

Life

Wolfgang Richter studied Classical Philology and Classical Archeology at the University of Rostock . He then became a scientific assistant to the archaeologist Gottfried von Lücken . For 40 years he taught Latin , ancient Greek and the history of medicine at the University of Rostock . His doctorate, which he received in 1971, was also devoted to a topic that Richter remained connected to in the following decades, namely the Latin education of medical students. The subject of the dissertation was a model of a subject-integrated special language education and training process for medical students in Latin . This Rostock model , which combined language lessons with anatomical exercises, was received beyond the borders of the German-speaking area. In 1998 he was made an honorary professor.

Richter deals with the history of medicine and the history of classical studies. He has written a biography about Heinrich Schliemann and sits on the board of trustees of the Winckelmann Society , which awarded him the Winckelmann Medal in 1983 .

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literature

  • Horst Nizze : Parta tueri - preserving what you have acquired! Prof. Dr. phil. Karl Wolfgang Richter on his 70th birthday . In: Ärzteblatt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 7/2005 , pp. 254–255
  • Horst Nizze: Invia est in medicina via sine lingua Latina . Prof. Dr. phil. Karl Wolfgang Richter on his 80th birthday. Ärzteblatt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 5/2015, p. 181.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the entry of Wolfgang Richter's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
personal data
SURNAME Judge, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richter, Karl Wolfgang (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Coswig