Friedrich Gottlob Haase

Who was Friedrich Gottlob Haase?

Friedrich Gottlob Haase was a German classical scholar. He was born in Magdeburg on January 4th, 1808.

Haase studied at the Universities of Halle, Greifswald, and Berlin. In 1834, he obtained an appointment at Schulpforta, but he was suspended and sentenced to six years' imprisonment for identifying himself with the Burschenschaften.

He visited Paris, after serving one year of his sentence. Upon his return in 1840, he was appointed professor at the University of Breslau, where he remained until his death. He was undoubtedly one of the most successful teachers of his day in Germany and exercised great influence upon all his pupils.

Haase edited several classic authors:

Xenophon

Thucydides

Velleius Paterculus

Seneca the philosopher

Tacitus, the introduction to which is a masterpiece of Latinity

His Vorlesungen über lateinische Sprachwissenschaft was published after his death by FA Eckstein and H Peter.