Eduard Norden
Eduard Norden (21 September 1868 – 13 July 1941) was a German
James Bryant Conant referred to him as "the most famous Latinist in the world".[1]
Life
Eduard Norden was born in
University of Breslau. The book on Vergil's Aeneid (1903) made him famous. At age 38 he was appointed to the chair of Latin in Berlin, the most prestigious position for a classicist in Germany.[1] In 1928, at age 60, he was appointed rector of the University of Berlin.[2]
During winter 1934/35 a new law in Germany set the age for retirement from professorship from before 68 to 65. Because Norden had already by 1933 reached the age of 65, he was given emeritus status in February 1935.Zurich, where he died on 13 July 1941.[1]
Norden described Hermann Usener (1834–1905) und Franz Bücheler (1837–1908)[2] as his most important teachers.
Today the best known of Norden's scientific works is Antike Kunstprosa (1898), which centers on problems of rhetoric. Another important work is his commentary to Vergil's Aeneis (book 6), which focuses on religious problems.[2]
Major works
- Die antike Kunstprosa vom VI. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis in die Zeit der Renaissance (1898).
- P. Vergilius Maro Aeneis Buch VI (1903, 1916, 1927).
- Agnostos Theos; Untersuchungen zur Formengeschichte religiöser Rede (1913).
- Ennius und Vergilius; Kriegsbilder aus Roms grosser Zeit (1915).
- Die germanische Urgeschichte in Tacitus Germania (1921).
- Die Geburt des Kindes; Geschichte einer religiösen Idee (1924).
- Alt-Germanien; völker- und namengeschichtliche Untersuchungen (1934).
- Aus altrömischen Priesterbüchern (1939).
Further reading
- A. I. Baumgarten, 'Eduard Norden and his Students: a contribution to a portrait, based on three archival finds', Scripta Classica Israelica (2006), pp. 121–139
- Wilt Aden Schröder: Der Altertumswissenschaftler Eduard Norden (1886 – 1941). Das Schicksal eines deutschen Gelehrten jüdischer Abkunft. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 1999, ISBN 3-487-11013-X.
References
- ^ a b c Andrew R. Dyck, review of Wilt Aden Schröder, Der Altertumswissenschaftler Eduard Norden (1868-1941). Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2000.01.03.
- ^ a b c Bernhard Kytzler: Norden, Eduard in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 19 (1999), S. 341.
- ISBN 3-7983-1475-6. p. 124
- ISBN 3-7983-1475-6. p. 127
- ISBN 3-7983-1475-6. p. 131