Martin Luther D'Ooge
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Martin Luther D'Ooge | |
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| Born | 17 July 1839 Ann Arbor , Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Classics scholar and professor |
| Years active | 1868–1912 |
Martin Luther D'Ooge (17 July 1839 in
He was Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Michigan from 1868 to 1912.
Life
Martin Luther D'Ooge came from a
D'Ooge studied Classical Philology at the
In 1867 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Ancient Languages at
In 1870 he was appointed full Professor and received a two-year sabbatical, which he used for a long educational trip to Germany. There he deepened his knowledge, studying under the philologists Georg Curtius and Justus Hermann Lipsius, and with them was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1872.
On his return to the US, D'Ooge resumed his teaching activities at the University of Michigan. From 1889 to 1897 he was the Dean of the College of Literature and Science. During his career in Michigan, D'Ooge also participated in scientific associations. In 1869, he was a founder member of the
He retired in 1912.
Awards
- 1899, University of Michigan, Doctor of Letters.
- 1901, Doctor of Literature.
Publications
D'Ooge's scientific work began in Leipzig after his studies. He wrote several studies on the Attic speaker Demosthenes and on Sophocles, as well as editions of Demosthenes' speech On the Crown in 1875, and Sophocles' Antigone. After a stay in Athens, he prepared a book on the Acropolis, which appeared in 1908. His last work was a translation of the Introduction to the Arithmetic by the Greek mathematician Nicomachos of Gerasa, published posthumously in 1926.
D'Ooge's scientific estate is held by the Bentley Historical Library.
- On the use of the suffixes τερ, τορ, τηρ, τα in Homer (1872 dissertation). Leipzig.
- The oration of Demosthenes On the Crown. With extracts from the oration of Aeschines against Ctesiphon, and explanatory notes (1876). Chicago.
- Sophocles: Antigone. Edited on the basis of Wolff’s edition by M.L. D'Ooge (1994). Boston.
- The Acropolis of Athens (1908). New York/London.
- Nicomachus: Introduction to Arithmetic (1926). New York/London. Reprinted 1955.
Sources
- Bonner, Campbell (1915). "Martin Luther D'Ooge in memoriam". Classical Philology. 10 (4): 488. S2CID 224793526.
- ISBN 978-0-313-24560-2.
External links
- Martin Luther D'Ooge at the Database of Classical Scholars
- Information about Martin Luther D'Ooge at the University of Michigan Faculty History 1817–1920
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