Karl Wilhelm Piderit, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German classical philologist and high school teacher
Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1815
Place of Birth: Witzenhausen, Hesse, Germany
Date of Death: 27-May-1875
Profession: classical scholar, high school teacher, classical philologist
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Karl Wilhelm Piderit
- Karl Wilhelm Piderit (20 March 1815, in Witzenhausen – 27 May 1875, in Hanau) was a German classical philologist and educator. From 1833 he studied at the University of Marburg, receiving his doctorate with a dissertation on the rhetorician Hermagoras of Temnos, titled Commentatio De Hermagora rhetora.
- In 1837 he became an apprentice-teacher at the gymnasium in Hersfeld, and two years later began teaching classes at a grammar school in Marburg.
- In 1844 he returned to Hersfeld as a teacher, and from 1850 performed similar duties at the gymnasium in Kassel.
- In 1853 he was appointed director of the Hanau gymnasium, a position he maintained up until his death in 1875.
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