FRANZ HEINRICH

See also:

• LUDOLF (or LEUTHOLF), HIOB (1624-1704)

LUDOLF

See also:

• FRANZ HEINRICH LUDOLF AHRENS (1809–1881)

AHRENS (1809–1881)  , German philologist, was born at Helmstedt on the 6th of June 1809 . After studying at Gottingen (1826–1829) under K . O . Willer and Ludolf Dissen, and bolding several eduuttional appointments, in 1849 he succeeded G . F . Grotefend as director of the Lyceum at Hanover, a post which.he filled with great success for thirty years . He died on the 25th of September 2881 . His most important work is De Graecae Linguae Dialectis (1839-1843, new ed. by Meister, 1882-1889), which, although unfortunately incomplete, dealing only with Aeolic and Doric, and in some respects superseded by modern research, will always remain a standard treatise on the subject . He also published Bucalicorum Graecorum Reliquiae (1855–1859); studies on the dialects of Homer and the Greek lyrists; on Aeschylus; and some excellent school-books . A volume of his minor works (ed . Haberlin) was published in 1891, which also contains a complete list of his writings .