Siegfried Sudhaus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Siegfried Sudhaus

German teacher and classical philologist

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1863

Place of Birth: Trzebiatów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 23-Oct-1914

Profession: teacher, university teacher, classical scholar, high school teacher, classical philologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Siegfried Sudhaus (9 July 1863 in Treptow an der Rega – 22 October 1914 near Bixschoote, Belgium) was a German classical philologist, known for his scholarly treatment of Menander and Philodemus. He studied classical philology at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, and from 1892 worked as a schoolteacher at the municipal gymnasium in Bonn.
In 1898 he received his habilitation for classical philology, and afterwards, by way of a travel scholarship from the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, he embarked on a study trip to Greece.
In 1901 he was named a professor of classical philology at the University of Kiel, where in 1912/13 he served as academic rector.
Among his better known students at Kiel was papyrologist Christian Cornelius Jensen.
As a volunteer in World War I, he died on 22 October 1914 near the town of Bixschoote in Flanders (First Battle of Ypres).