Karl Heinrich Frotscher

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Karl Heinrich Frotscher (6 May 1796, in

Velleius
.

From 1815 he studied philology at the

Thomasschule zu Leipzig, and in 1820 became an instructor at the Nikolaischule. From 1822 he worked as a librarian at the Ratsbibliothek (council library), and in 1826 obtained his habilitation at the university.[1][2]

In 1828 he was named an associate professor at the university and promoted to conrector at the Nikolaischule. In 1835 he was appointed rector at the gymnasium in Annaberg-Buchholz, and from 1843 worked in a similar capacity at the gymnasium in Freiberg, a position he maintained up until his retirement in 1865.[1][2]

Selected works

  • Hiero (edition of Xenophon's Hiero, 1822).
  • Quae exstant. Ex recensione et cum adnotationibus Theophili Cortii (edition of Sallust, 1825).
  • Institutionum oratoriarum liber decimus (edition of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 1826).
  • Marci Fabi Quinctiliani Institutionum oratoriarum liber decimus (edition of Quintilian, 1826).
  • Eloquentium virorum narrationes de vitis hominum doctrina et virtute excellentium (1826).
  • M. Tullii Ciceronis Ad Marcus Brutum Orator (with Heinrich Meyer / edition of Cicero, 1827).
  • C. Velleii Paterculi quae supersunt ex Historiae romanae voluminibus duobus (with others / edition of Velleius, 1830).
  • P. Rutilii Lupi De figuris sententiarum et elocutionis libri duo item Aquilae romani et Iulii Rufiniani de eodem argumento libri (with David Ruhnken / edition of Publius Rutilius Lupus, 1831).
  • M. Tullii Ciceronis Oratio pro P. Sulla (edition of Cicero, 1831).
  • Q. Asconius Pedianus in M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationem (edition of Asconius Pedianus, 1845).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Frotscher, Karl Heinrich Sächsische Biografie
  2. ^ a b Richard Hoche: Frotscher, Karl Heinrich In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, S. 150.
  3. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)