Quotes:Curtius, Georg

Zirkoff, Boris

Curtius, Georg. German classical philologist, b. at Lübeck, April 16, 1820; d. at Hermsdorf bei Warmbrunn, Aug. 12, 1885. Held philological appointments at Prague, Kiel and Leipzig, between the years 1849 and 1862. Contributed notably to the science of comparative philology, his philosophical theories exercising a widespread influence at the time. He was a brother of Ernst Curtius (1814-96), well-known archaeologist and historian, and tutor to 435 Emperor Frederick III when a boy. The chief works of Georg Curtius are: *Grundzüge der griechischen Etymologie. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1858-62; 5th ed., 1879. Transl. into English by A. S. Wilkins and E. B. England, as *Principles of Greek Etymology. London: J. Murray, 1875 and 1886.—Griechische Schulgrammatik, 1852, passed through 20 editions, and has been tr. in English.— Die Sprachvergleichung in ihrem Verhältniss zur Classischen Philologie, 1845; Engl. tr. by F. H. Trithen, 1851.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, pp. 434-435