Alfred Klotz
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Alfred Klotz (15 June 1874 – 10 January 1956) was a German
University of Erlangen
.
The central achievement of his career were a number of
critical editions of classical authors: he published editions of the poems of Statius, the commentarii of Julius Caesar, and a large part of Cicero's speeches. His editions of Statius, in particular, were long used as the standard texts. Klotz also worked on source criticism. His contributions to this topic are described by classicist Klaus Stiewe as his most lasting scholarly legacy.[1]
Life and career
Alfred Klotz was born in
PhD in 1896.[2]
In 1905, after spending some time as a
University of Erlangen, where he remained until his retirement in 1939. He died on 10 January 1956.[2]
Works
The central achievement of his career were a number of
critical editions of classical authors: he published editions of the poems of Statius, the commentarii of Julius Caesar, and a large part of Cicero's speeches.[3] His editions of Statius, in particular, were long used as the standard texts.[1] An expert in source criticism, he showed an interest in the Greek precedents of Roman authors, resulting in publications on the historical writers Appian, Livy and Valerius Maximus.[1] According to a biography of Klotz by classicist Klaus Stiewe, his contributions to source criticism were his most lastings scholarly legacy since many of his findings remained unrivalled until the late 20th-century.[1]
In 1934, in the context of the
race theory promoted by the government of Adolf Hitler, Klotz co-authored a textbook on the putative Nordic master race.[4] Wilhelm Ament, director of the C.C. Buchner Verlag, had commissioned the book in order to supplement the existing literature in accordance with the government's ideological views.[5] Klotz's publication did not fulfil the official requirements and, after revision, became a commercial disappointment.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Stiewe, Klaus (1980), "Klotz, Alfred", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 12, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 126–127; (full text online)
- ^ a b c d e Seel 1956, p. 398.
- ^ Seel 1956, p. 399.
- ^ a b Blänsdorf 2004, p. 334.
- ^ Blänsdorf 2004, p. 333.
Bibliography
- Seel, Otto (1956). "Alfred Klotz". ISSN 0017-1417– via JSTOR.
- Blänsdorf, Agnes (2004). "Lehrwerke für Geschichtsunterricht an den Höheren Schulen 1933–1945: Autoren und Verlage under den Bedingungen des Nationalsozialismus". In Lehmann, Hartmut; Oexle, Otto Gerhard (eds.). Nationalsozialismus in den Kulturwissenschaften: Fächer, Milieus, Karrieren (in German). Göttingen: ISBN 3525351984.
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