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Jan 01, 1792 Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany Died on 15 Apr 1881 (aged 89)
German classical philologist
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About Ludwig Bachmann
- Ludwig Gottlob Ernst Bachmann (1 January 1792, in Leipzig – 15 April 1881) was a German classical philologist. He studied philology in Leipzig, followed by work as a "collaborator" in Halle and as a schoolteacher in Wertheim.
- In 1825 he embarked on an extended study trip, where he visited libraries in Rome, Naples, Vienna and Paris.
- In 1829 he obtained his Doctorate of Philosophy. He later relocated to Rostock, where he served as director of the Große Stadtschule Rostock (1832 to 1865) as well as a professor at the University of Rostock (1833 to 1881).
- As a professor, he taught classes in ancient literature, archaeology, classical mythology and ancient geography.
- His principal works are the two-volume Anecdota Graeca (1829), and an edition of the Greek poet Lycophron, Lycophronis Alexandra (1830).
- He also published editions and essays on Callimachus, Meletius of Antioch, Manuel Moschopoulos, Theodore II Laskaris and Homer (the Iliad).
