Karl Felix Halm
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| Born | 5 April 1809 Munich, Germany |
| Died | October 5, 1882 (aged 73) Munich, Germany |
Karl Felix Halm (also Carl; Karl Felix Ritter von Halm after 1872; 5 April 1809 – 5 October 1882), was a German classical scholar and critic.
Life
He was born at
University of Munich
. These posts he held till his death.
Works
Halm is known chiefly as the editor of
Tacitus (4th ed., 1883); Rhetores Latini minores (1863); Quintilian (1868); Sulpicius Severus (1866); Minucius Felix together with Firmicus Maternus De errore (1867); Salvianus (1877) and Victor Vitensis's Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae (1878). He was also an enthusiastic collector of autographs
.
Scholarly shorthand
Scholars of the period will sometimes talk of the "Halmian" edition, or even of the "Halmianam" edition if they are writing in Latin. By this they mean an edition authored or edited by Halm.
References
- Wilhelm von Christ and Georg von Laubmann in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie
- Conrad Bursian in Biographisches Jahrbuch
- John Edwin Sandys, History of Classical Scholarship, iii. 195 (1908).
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Halm, Carl Felix". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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