Ernest Gottlieb Sihler

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1853 – 1942

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Who was Ernest Gottlieb Sihler?

Ernest Gottlieb Sihler was a Professor of Classics at [New York University]. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he was the son of Lutheran missionary Wilhelm Sihler and great-uncle to Andrew Sihler.

Sihler's professional name was Ernest G. Sihler, but within the Sihler family he was always known as Gottlieb. Not long after leaving Concordia College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the post at NYU, he endowed a library fund there for the purchase of "books of standard value".

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Born
1853
Fort Wayne
Also known as
  • E. G. Sihler
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Died
1942

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on July 23, 2013

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