Friedrich Blass

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1843 – 1907

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Who was Friedrich Blass?

Friedrich Blass was a German classical scholar.

After studying at Göttingen and Bonn from 1860 to 1863, he lectured at several gymnasia and at the University of Königsberg. In 1876 he was appointed extraordinary professor of classical philology at Kiel, and ordinary professor in 1881. In 1892 he accepted a professorship at Halle, where he later died.

He frequently visited England, and was intimately acquainted with leading British scholars. He received an honorary degree from Dublin University in 1892, and his readiness to place the results of his labours at the disposal of others, together with the courtesy and kindliness of his disposition, won the respect of all who knew him.

Blass is chiefly known for his works in connection with the study of Greek oratory: Die Attische Beredsamkeit von Alexander bis auf Augustus; Die attische Beredsamkeit, his greatest work; editions for the Teubner series of Andocides, Antiphon, Hypereides, Demosthenes, Isocrates, Dinarchus, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Lycurgus, Leocrates; Die Rhythmen der attischen Kunstprosa; Die Rhythmen der asianischen und römischen Kunstprosa. He published an enlarged edition of Kuhner's Greek Grammar.

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Born
Jan 22, 1843
Osnabrück
Nationality
  • Germany
Employment
  • University of Kiel
Lived in
  • Osnabrück
Died
Mar 5, 1907
Halle

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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