JOHANN CHRISTOPH WILHELM

LUDWIG

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• JOHANN CHRISTOPH WILHELM LUDWIG DODERLEIN (1791–1863)

DODERLEIN (1791–1863)  , German philologist, was born at Jena on the 19th of December 1791 . His father, Johann Christoph Doderlein, professor of theology at Jena, was celebrated for his varied learning, for his eloquence as a preacher, and for the import-ant influence he exerted in guiding the transition movement from strict orthodoxy to a freer theology . Ludwig Doderlein, after receiving his preliminary education at Windsheim and Schulpforta (Pforta), studied at Munich, Heidelberg, Erlangen and Berlin . He devoted his chief attention to philology under the instruction of such men as F . Thiersch, G . F . Creuzer, J . H . Voss, F . A . Wolf, August Bockh and P . K .

Buttmann . In 1815, soon after completing his studies at Berlin, he accepted the appointment of ordinary professor of philology in the academy of Bern . In 1818 he was transferred to Erlangen, where he became second professor of philology in the university and rector of the gymnasium . In 1827 he became first professor of philology and rhetoric and director of the philological seminary . He died on the 9th of November 1863 . Dbderlein's most elaborate work as a philologist was marred by over-subtlety, and lacked method and clearness . He is best known by his Lateinische Synonymen and Etymologien (1826–1838), and his Homerisches Glossarium(1850-1858) . To the same class belong his Lateinische Wortbildung (1838), Handbuch der lateinischen Synonymek (1839), and the Handbuch der lateinischen Etymologie (1841), besides various works of a more elementary kind intended for the use of schools and gymnasia . Most of the works named have been translated into English . To critical philology Doderlein contributed valuable editions of Tacitus (Opera, 1847; Germania, with a German translation) and Horace (Epistolae, with a German translation, 1856–1858; Satirae, x86o) . His Reden and Aufstitze (Erlangen, 1843–1847) and Offentliche Reden (1860) consist chiefly of academic addresses dealing with various subjects in paedagogy and philology .