Franz Susemihl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German classical philologist
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Place of Birth: Laage, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
About Franz Susemihl
- Franz Susemihl (December 10, 1826 – April 30, 1901) was a German classical philologist born in Laage. He studied ancient languages in Leipzig and Berlin, and from 1848 taught classes at the Domgymnasium in Güstrow.
- In 1852 he received his habilitation at the University of Greifswald, where in 1863 he became a full professor of classical philology.
- In 1875-76 he was rector at the university. Susemihl is largely remembered through his writings on Plato and Aristotle.
- Among his better written efforts are "Die genetische Entwickelung der platonischen Philosophie" (Genetic development of Platonic philosophy, 1855–60), and a treatise on the history of Alexandrian literature titled "Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur in der Alexandrinerzeit" (1892).
- Susemihl died on April 30, 1901 in Florence, Italy.
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