August Immanuel Bekker (May 21, 1785 - June 7, 1871), was a German philologist and critic. May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ...

Completed his classical education at the University of Halle under Friedrich August Wolf, who considered him as his most promising pupil. In 1810 he was appointed professor of philosophy in the University of Berlin. For several years, between 1810 and 1821, he travelled in France, Italy, England and parts of Germany, examining classical manuscripts and gathering materials for his great editorial labours. The Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg is located in the German cities of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt and Wittenberg. ... Friedrich August Wolf (February 15, 1750 - August 8, 1824) was a German philologist and critic. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Philosophy is a discipline or field of study involving the investigation, analysis, and development of ideas at a general, abstract, or fundamental level. ... There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

Some of the fruits of his researches were published in the Anecdote Graece, 1814-1821; but the major results are to be found in the enormous array of classical authors edited by him. Anything like a complete list of his works would occupy too much space, but it may be said that his industry extended to nearly the whole of Greek literature with the exception of the tragedians and lyric poets. His best known editions are those of Plato (1816-1823), Oratores Attici (1823-1824), Aristotle (1831-1836), Aristophanes (1829), and twenty-five volumes of the Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae. The only Latin authors edited by him were Livy (1829-1830) and Tacitus (1831). At the moment this page contains a list of links. ... Statue of a philosopher, presumably Plato, in Delphi. ... Aristotle, marble copy of bronze by Lysippos. ... A bust of Aristophanes Aristophanes (ca. ... Bust of Livy Titus Livius (around 59 BC - 17 AD), known as Livy in English, wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab urbe condita, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC). ... Gaius Cornelius Tacitus Publius or Gaius Cornelius Tacitus (c. ...

Bekker confined himself entirely to textual recension and criticism, in which he relied solely upon the manuscripts; he contributed little to the extension of general scholarship. Bekker numbers are often used to refer to a standard edition of these works. When Ancient Greek texts such as the works of Aristotle and Plato were criticised by the classical philologist August Immanuel Bekker (1785-1871), a professor at Berlin University, he referred to sections of the texts using a series of numbers. ...

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