Ludwig Preller (September 15, 1809 – June 21, 1861) was a German philologist and antiquarian. September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... link titleAn antiquarian is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. ...

Born in Hamburg, he studied at Leipzig, Berlin and Göttingen, in 1838 he was appointed to the professorship of philology at the University of Tartu, which, however, he resigned in 1843. He afterwards spent some time in Italy, but settled in Jena in 1844, where he became professor in 1846. In the same year he removed as head librarian to Weimar. This article is about the city in Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. ... Map of Germany showing Göttingen 1 External links Coat of Arms University of Göttingen Top: The old Auditorium Maximum (1862-65) Bottom: New library building Göttingen is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Tartu (Estonian: Tartu Ülikool, German: Universität Dorpat) is the national university of Estonia, and the one classical university in Estonia, located in the city of Tartu. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Italian Republic or Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. ... See also Jena, Louisiana, United States. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... For the locality in Texas called Weimar see Weimar, Texas, there is also Weimar bei Kassel and Weimar in Marburg-Biedenkopf. ...

His chief works are: Demeter u. Persephone (1837); Griechische Mythologie (1854–1855; 4th ed., by C Robert, 1887 seq.); and Römische Mythologie (1858; 3rd ed. by H Jordan, 1881–1883). He also co-operated with Heinrich Ritter in the preparation of the most useful Historia philosophiae graecae et romanae ex fontium locis contexta (1838; ed. E Wellmann, 1898). Heinrich Ritter (November 21, 1791 - February 3, 1869) was a German philosopher. ...

He contributed extensively to Ersch and Gruber’s Allgemeine Encyklopädie and Pauly’s Realencyklopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. A complete list of his works will be found in Ausgewählte Aufsätze aus dem Gebiete der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft (ed. R. Kohler, 1864). Johann Gottfried Gruber (November 29, 1774 - August 7, 1851), German critic and literary historian, was born at Naumburg on the Saale. ...

References

• GT Stichling, Ludwig Preller. Eine Gedächtnissrede (Weimar, 1863)
• Conrad Bursian, Geschichte der classischen Philologie in Deutschland (1883).

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