Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich

Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich.

Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich (20 October 1760 in Weissensee (Thuringia) 6 January 1854 in Göttingen) was a German classical scholar. He wrote several books on ancient Greek literature. He is best remembered for his edition of the odes and epodes by the Roman poet Horace.[1]

From 1779 he studied at the University of Göttingen as a pupil of Christian Gottlob Heyne. In 1785 he became an associate professor at Göttingen, where he also worked in the university library. In 1794 he attained a full professorship at the university,[1] and in 1816, 1823/1824 and 1829/1830, he served as vice-rector.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 ADB:Mitscherlich, Christoph Wilhelm @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  2. Statement based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
  3. WorldCat Identities published works

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