Adolf Kiessling
Adolf Kiessling (February 15, 1837 – May 3, 1893) was a German philologist born in Culm (present-day Chełmno, Poland).
He studied at the University of Bonn under Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, Franz Bücheler and Otto Jahn. In 1863, he became a professor of classical philology at the University of Basel, and in 1869 began teaching classes at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in Hamburg. In 1872, he relocated to the University of Greifswald, and in 1889 succeeded Friedrich Leo (1851–1914) at the University of Göttingen.
Kiessling's research largely dealt with critiques and commentaries of ancient classical texts. His best known work being an extensive commentary on the works of Horace, which appeared in three volumes from 1884 to 1889, and following Kiessling's death was edited by Richard Heinze (1867-1929).
Other noted publications by Kiessling were:
- Philologische Untersuchungen (Philological Studies, with Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff).
- Dionysi Halicarnasensis Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, 1867
- Annaei Senecae oratorum et rhetorum sententiae divisiones colores, 1872
- Aristoteles Schrift vom Staatswesen der Athener, (German translation with Georg Kaibel) 1891
References
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
- WorldCat Identities (list of publications)
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