Karl Heinrich Frotscher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German librarian
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Place of Birth: Weira, Thuringia, Germany
About Karl Heinrich Frotscher
- Karl Heinrich Frotscher (6 May 1796, in Weira – 9 April 1876, in Freiberg) was a German classical philologist, known for his scholarly editions of Xenophon, Cicero, Quintilian and Velleius. From 1815 he studied philology at the University of Leipzig, where his teachers included Christian Daniel Beck, Gottfried Hermann and Ernst Platner.
- He served as an auxiliary teacher at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig, and in 1820 became an instructor at the Nikolaischule.
- From 1822 he worked as a librarian at the Ratsbibliothek (council library), and in 1826 obtained his habilitation at the university.In 1828 he was named an associate professor at the university and promoted to conrector at the Nikolaischule.
- In 1835 he was appointed rector at the gymnasium in Annaberg-Buchholz, and from 1843 worked in a similar capacity at the gymnasium in Freiberg, a position he maintained up until his retirement in 1865.
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