Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner

German philologist

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1787

Place of Birth: Trebitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Jul-1841

Profession: writer, author, university teacher, linguist, classical philologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner (October 31, 1787 – July 2, 1841) was a German educator and philologist who specialized in Homeric studies.
He was born in Trebitz, Saxony-Anhalt. He studied theology and philology at the University of Wittenberg, where he was student of Christian Lobeck (1781–1860).
In 1811 he became conrector at the Lyceum at Wittenberg, where two years later he was appointed rector.
In 1820 he relocated to the Gymnasium at Erfurt, and in 1824 returned to his former position at the Wittenberg Lyceum.