Ludwig Lange (philologist)
{{hatnote|For other people named "Ludwig Lange", see Ludwig Lange (disambiguation)}}
Christian Conrad Ludwig Lange (born 4 March 1825 in Hanover; died 18 August 1885 in Leipzig) was a German philologist and archaeologist.
Biography
He studied at the University of Göttingen under Karl Friedrich Hermann, and in 1855 became a full professor of classical philology at the University of Prague. In 1859 he relocated as a professor to the University of Giessen, and in 1871 moved to Leipzig, where in 1879/80 he served as university rector.[https://www.uni-leipzig.de/unigeschichte/professorenkatalog/leipzig/Lange_892.pdf Prof. Dr. jur. et phil. Christian Konrad Ludwig Lange] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412122931/https://www.uni-leipzig.de/unigeschichte/professorenkatalog/leipzig/Lange_892.pdf |date=2016-04-12 }} UNI-Leipzig.de
His principal work was "Handbuch der römischen Altertümer" (3rd edition, 1876–79); and he also wrote "Der homerische Gebrauch der Partikel εἰ" (1872–73) and "Die Epheten und der Areopag vor Solon" (1874). His smaller writings were posthumously collected and edited, with a biographical sketch by K. Lange, under the title "Kleine Schriften aus dem Gebiete der classischen Alterthumswissenschaft" (1887).[https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Ludwig_Lange_(Philologe) Ludwig Lange (Philologe)] de.Wikisource
Family
He married Adelheid Blume in 1854. They had four children: Konrad (1855–1921), an art historian; Ludwig, a physicist; Sophie; and Gertrud.
Notes
{{reflist}}
References
- {{NIE|wstitle=Lange, Ludwig|year=1905}} This work in turn cites:
- Neumann, Ludwig Lange (Berlin, 1886)
- [http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz47953.html Lange, Ludwig] at Neue Deutsche Biographie
External links
{{Commons category-inline}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lange, Ludwig}}
Category:University of Göttingen alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Giessen
Category:Academic staff of Leipzig University