Ernst Friedrich Poppo

Ernst Friedrich Poppo (13 August 1794Template:Snd6 November 1866), German classical scholar and schoolmaster, was born at Guben in Brandenburg. He studied at Leipzig.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1818 he was appointed director of the gymnasium at Frankfurt an der Oder, where he died on 6 November 1866, having resigned his post three years before.Template:Sfn

Poppo was an extremely successful teacher and organizer, and in a few years doubled the number of pupils at the gymnasium. He is chiefly known, however, for his exhaustive and complete edition of Thucydides in four parts (11 vols., 1821-1840), containing:

1. A prolegomenon on Thucydides as an historian and on his language and style (English translation by George Burges, 1837), accompanied by historical and geographical essays<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2. The text with scholia and critical notes
3. A commentary on the text and scholia
4. Indices and appendices.Template:Sfn

For the ordinary student a smaller edition (1843–1851) was prepared; this edition was revised after the author's death by Johann Matthias Stahl (1875–1889).Template:Sfn

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• Rudolf Schwarze in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (see ADB:Poppo, Ernst Friedrich in German Wikisource) and authorities there referred to.