Hugo Blümner [SEP] place of death
Hugo Blümner
Hugo Blümner (9 August 1844 Berlin – 1 January 1919 Zürich) was a German classical archaeologist and philologist.
Biography.
Blümner studied with Otto Jahn in Bonn and wrote his doctoral thesis 1866 in Berlin on Lucian. He taught in the universities of Breslau and Königsberg, and after 1877 was professor in the University of Zürich. He is author and editor of many philological and archaeological works, of which the most important are: "Die gewerbliche Thätigkeit der Völker des klassischen Altertums" (The commercial activities
, he turned down an offer as successor to Eduard Gerhard (1795-1867) at Berlin.
His biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart appeared in 1856, the centenary of Mozart's birth. The work is admired for its scholarly approach (at the time, novel in Mozart biography); and in versions revised by Hermann Abert and Cliff Eisen, continues in use today.
Among Jahn's notable students was the classical archaeologist and philologist Hugo Blümner.
List of most important works.
- Archaeological:
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