Quotes:Hermann, Karl Friedrich

Zirkoff, Boris

Hermann, Karl Friedrich. German philologist and historian, b. at Frankfurt a.M., Aug. 4, 1804; d. at Göttingen, Dec. 31, 1855. Pupil of Creuzer at Heidelberg and Leipzig; travelled in Italy on archaeological research. Prof, of Philology at Marburg, 1832, and Director of Philol. Seminary. Same functions at Göttingen, 1846, where he succeeded 0. Müller. Chiefly distinguished for his works on Greek antiquities and ancient philosophy. Very erudite scholar deeply versed in the social and private life of the classical world. Works: Lehrbuch der griechischen antiquitäten. 3 vols., 1831-46; 2nd ed., 4 vols., 1882 ff.—Geschichte und System der Platonischen Philosophie. Vol. I, 1839.—Ausgabe des Plato. 6 vols., 1851-52.—Kulturgeschichte der Griechen und Römer. 2 vols., 1857-58, publ. after his death by K. G. Schmidt.—Privatalterthiimer, 1852 and 1870.—Gesammelte Abhandlungen, Göttingen, 1849.

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Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, p. 437