August Heinrich Matthiae
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox academic August Heinrich Matthiae (25 December 1769 – 6 January 1835) was a German classical scholar.
Biography
He was born at Göttingen, and educated at the university. He then spent some years as a tutor in Amsterdam. In 1798 he returned to the Holy Roman Empire, and in 1802 was appointed director of the Friedrichsgymnasium at Altenburg, which post he held till his death.Template:Sfn His biography was written by his son Constantin, with the title A. Matthiä in seinem Leben und Wirken, etc. (1845).<ref>A. Matthiä in seinem Leben und Wirken Google Books</ref>
Works
Of his numerous important works the best-known are:
- A copious Greek grammar, translated into English by V Blomfield, edited by John Kenrick (1832).
- an edition of Euripides (9 vols., 1813–1829)
- Grundriss der Geschichte der griechischen und römischen Litteratur (3rd ed., 1834, Eng. trans., Oxford, 1841)
- Lehrbuch fur den ersten Unterricht in der Philosophie (3rd ed., 1833)
- Encyklopädie und Methodologie der Philologie (1835)Template:Sfn
Family
His brother, Friedrich Christian Matthiae (1763–1822), rector of the Frankfurt gymnasium, published editions of Seneca's Letters, Aratus, and Dionysius Periegetes.Template:Sfn
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