See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

ERNST See also:

• ERNST CURTIUS (1814-1896)
• CURTIUS, MARCUS

CURTIUS (1814-1896)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German archaeologist and historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LUBECK

Lubeck on the 2nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1814 . On completing his university studies he was chosen by C . A . See also:

• BRANDIS, CHRISTIAN AUGUST (1790–1867)

Brandis to accompany him on a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to See also:

• GREECE

Greece for the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of archaeological researches . See also:

• CURTIUS, ERNST (1814-1896)
• CURTIUS, MARCUS

Curtius then became Otfried See also:

• MILLER, HUGH (1802–1856)
• MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )
• MILLER, JOE (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)
• MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-1890)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1782-1849)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1795-1861)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1796–1882)
• MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES (18o1–188o)

Miller's See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion in his exploration of the Peloponnese, and on Miiller's See also:

• DEATH

death in 184o returned to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . In 1844 he became an extraordinary See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at the university of See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year was appointed See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William (afterwards the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor Frederick III.)—a See also:

• POST

post which he held till 185o . After holding a professorship at See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen and undertaking a further journey to Greece in 1862, Curtius was appointed (in 1863) See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary professor at Berlin . In 1874 he was sent to See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens by the German See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and concluded an agreement by which the excavations at See also:

• OLYMPIA

Olympia (q.v.) were entrusted exclusively to Germany . Curtius died at Berlin on the Iith of See also:

• JULY

July 1896 . His best-known See also:

• WORK

work is his See also:

• HISTORY

History of Greece (18J7-1867, 6th ed . 1887-1888; Eng. trans. by A . W .

See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward, 1868-1873) . It presented in an attractive See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style what were then the latest results of scholarly See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, but was criticized as wanting in erudition . It is now superseded (see GREECE: History, See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient, § Bibliography) . His other writings are chiefly archaeological . The most important are: See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Akropolis von Athen (1844) ; See also:

• NAXOS

Naxos (1846) ; Peloponnesos, eine historisch-geographische Beschreibung der Halbinsel (1851); Olympia (1852); Die Ionier vor der ionischen bVanderung (1855); Attische Studien (1862-'865); Ephesos (1874); Die Ausgrabungen zu Olympia (1877, &c.); Olympia and Umgegend (edited by Curtius and F . See also:

• ADLER, FELIX (r851- )

Adler, 1882); Olympia . Die Ergebnisse der von dem deutschen Reich veranstalteten Ausgrabung (with F . Adler, 1890-1898); Die Stadtgeschichte von Athen (1891); Gesammelte Abhandlungen (1894) . His collected speeches and lectures were published under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Altertum and Gegenwart (5th ed., 1903 See also:

• FOIL

foil.), to which a third See also:

• VOLUME

volume was added under the title of Unter drei Kaisern (2nd ed., 1895) . A full See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his writings will be found in L . Gurlitt, Erinnerungen an See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

Ernst Curtius (Berlin, 1902); see also See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by O . See also:

• KERN, JAN HENDRIK (1833– )

Kern in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, xlvii .

(1903), to which may be added Ernst Curtius . Ein Lebensbild in Briefen, by F . Curtius (1903); T . See also:

• HODGKIN, THOMAS (1831- )

Hodgkin, Ernest Curtius (1905) . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother, GEORG CURTIUS (1820-1885), philologist, was born at Lubeck on the 16th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1820 . After an See also:

• EDUCATION

education at See also:

• BONN

Bonn and Berlin he was for three years a schoolmaster in See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden, until (in 1845) he returned to Berlin University as privat-docent . In 1849 he was placed in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the Philological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary at See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, and two years later was appointed professor of classical See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology in Prague University . In 1854 he removed from Prague to a similar See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment at See also:

• KIEL

Kiel, and again in 1862 from Kiel to See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig . He died at See also:

• HERMSDORF

Hermsdorf on the 12th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1885 . His philological theories exercised a widespread See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . The more important of his publications are: Die Sprachvergleichung in ihrem Verhaltniss zur dassischen Philologie (1845; Eng. trans. by F . H .

Trithen, 1851); Sprachvergleichende Beitrage zur griechischen and lateinischen Grammatik (1846); Grundzuge der griechischen Etymologie (1858-1862, 5th ed . 1879); Das Verbum der griechischen Sprache (1873) . The last two See also:

• WORKS

works have been translated into See also:

• ENGLISH

English by A . S . See also:

• WILKINS, GEORGE (ii. 1607)
• WILKINS, JOHN (1614-1672)
• WILKINS, MARY ELEANOR (1862– )
• WILKINS, SIR CHARLES (1749?-1836)

Wilkins and E . B . See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . From 1878 till his death Curtius was See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general editor of the Leipziger Studien zur classischen Philologie . His Griechische Schulgrammatik, first published in 1852, has passed through more than twenty See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, and has been edited in English . In his last work, Zur Kritik der neuesten Sprachforschung (1885), he attacks the views of the "new" school of philology . Opuscula of Georg Curtius were edited after his death by E . Windisch (Kleine Schriften von E .

C., 1886-1887) . For further See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information consult articles by R . Meister in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, xlvii . (19o3), and by E . Windisch in C . See also:

• BURSIAN, CONRAD (1830–1883)

Bursian's Biographisches Jahrbuch See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Alterthumskunde (1886) .