JOHAN See also:

• NICOLAI, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH (1733-1811)

NICOLAI See also:

• JOHAN NICOLAI MADVIG (1804-1886)

MADVIG (1804-1886)  , Danish philologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• BORNHOLM

Bornholm, on the 7th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1804 . He was educated at the classical school of Frederiksborg and the university of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen . In 1828 he became reader, and in 1829 See also:

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

professor, of Latin See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and literature at Copenhagen, and in 1832 was appointed university librarian . In 1848 See also:

• MADVIG, JOHAN NICOLAI (1804-1886)

Madvig entered See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as a member of what was called the " See also:

• EIDER
• EIDER (Icelandic, idur)

Eider-Danish " party, because they desired the Eider to be the boundary of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . When this party came into See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power Madvig became See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• EDUCATION

education . In 1852 be became director of public instruction . Some years later, from 1856 to 1863, Madvig was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Danish parliament and See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Liberal party . With these brief interruptions the greater See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life was devoted to the study and teaching of Latin and the improvement of the classical See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, of which he was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief inspector . As a critic he was distinguished for learning and acumen . He devoted much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, and revolutionized the study of his philosophical writings by an edition of De Finibus (1839; 3rd ed., 1876) . Perhaps his most widely known See also:

• WORKS

works are those on Latin See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek syntax, especially his Latin grammar for schools (Eng. trans. by G . See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

Woods) .

In 1874 his sight began to fail, and he was forced to give up much of his See also:

• WORK

work . He still, however, continued to lecture, and in 1879 he was chosen See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector for the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . In 188o he resigned his professorship, but went on with his work on the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman constitution, which was completed and published before his See also:

• DEATH

death . In this See also:

• BOOK

book Madvig takes a strongly conservative standpoint and attacks See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen's views on See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar's See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme of reforms . It is a clear ex-position, though rather too dogmatic and without sufficient regard for the views of other scholars . His last work was his autobiography, Livserindringer (published 1887) . Madvig died at Copenhagen on the 12th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1886 . See J . E . See also:

• SANDYS, FREDERICK (1832-1904)
• SANDYS, GEORGE (1578-1644)
• SANDYS, SIR EDWIN (1561-1629)

Sandys, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Classical Scholarship (1908), iii., 319-324 .