Johann Christian Felix Baehr: Difference between revisions

Born at [[Darmstadt]], he studied at the [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] and the [[Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg|University of Heidelberg]], where he was appointed professor of [[classical philology]] in 1823, chief librarian in 1832, and on the retirement of [[G. F. Creuzer]], became director of the philological seminary. He died at [[Heidelberg]]. {{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

His earliest works were editions of [[Plutarch]]'s ''[[Alcibiades]]'' (1822), ''Philopoemen, Flamininus, Pyrrhus'' (1826), the fragments of [[Ctesias]] (1824), and [[Herodotus]] (1830–1835, 1855–1862). But most important of all were his works on [[Roman literature]] and humanistic studies in the Middle Ages: ''Geschichte der römischen Litteratur'' (“History"History of Roman Literature",” 1828; 4th ed.edition, 1868–1870), and the supplementary volumes,:
* ''Die christlichen Dichter und Geschichtschreiber Roms'' (“Christian"Christian Poets and Historians of Rome",” 2nd ed.edition, 1872),
* ''Die christlich-römische Theologie'' (“Christian"Christian-Roman Theology",” 1837), and
* ''Geschichte der römischen Litteratur im karolingischen Zeitalter'' (“History"History of Roman Literature in the Carlovingian Period",” 1840).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

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* {{1911EB1911|wstitle=Baehr, Johann Christian Felix |volume=3|page=191}}

[[Category:German classical philologists]]

[[Category:Academic staff of Heidelberg University faculty]]