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Ludwig Preller ( September 15, 1809 – June 21, 1861) was a German philologist and antiquarian.Born in Hamburg, he studied at Leipzig, Berlin and Göttingen, in 1838 he was appointed to the professorship of philology at the University of Tartu, which, however, he resigned in 1843. He afterwards spent some time in Italy, but settled in JenaSee also Jena, Louisiana, United States. Jena is a city in central Germany on the River Saale in Thuringia. Its population is 101,325 (as of 30 June 2003). History On October 14, 1806 Napoleon fought and defeated the Prussian army here ( Battle of Jena-Au in 1844Events January 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. February 27 The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. February 28 A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United, where he became professor in 1846Events January 5 The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom February 5 The Oregon Spectator becomes the first newspaper on the Pacific coast of the United States. February 10 Many Mormons. In the same year he removed as head librarian to Weimar.
His chief works are: Demeter u. Persephone (1837); Griechische Mythologie (1854–1855; 4th ed., by C Robert, 1887 seq.); and Römische Mythologie (1858; 3rd ed. by H Jordan, 1881–1883). He also co-operated with Heinrich RitterHeinrich Ritter ( November 21, 1791 February 3, 1869) was a German philosopher. He was born at Zerbst, and studied philosophy and theology at Gottingen and Berlin until 1815. In 1824 he became extraordinary professor of philosophy at Berlin, later transfe in the preparation of the most useful Historia philosophiae graecae et romanae ex fontium locis contexta (1838; ed. E Wellmann, 1898).
He contributed extensively to Ersch and GrubersJohann Gottfried Gruber ( November 29, 1774 August 7, 1851), German critic and literary historian, was born at Naumburg on the Saale. He received his education at the town school of Naumburg and the university of Leipzig, after which he resided successive Allgemeine Encyklopädie and Pauly’s Realencyklopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. A complete list of his works will be found in Ausgewählte Aufsätze aus dem Gebiete der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft (ed. R. Kohler, 1864).
See GT Stichling, Ludwig Preller. Eine Gedächtnissrede (Weimar, 1863); Conrad BursianConrad Bursian ( November 14, 1830 September 21, 1883), was a German philologist and archaeologist. He was born at Mutzschen in Saxony. When his parents moved to Leipzig, he received his early education at the Thomas school, and entered the university in, Geschichte der classischen Philologie in Deutschland (1883).
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica
Preller, Ludwig
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