Adolf Kirchhoff

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Adolf Kirchhoff

Johann Wilhelm Adolf Kirchhoff (6 January 1826 - 26 February 1908), German classical scholar and epigraphist.

Biography

The son of historical painter Johann Jakob Kirchhoff, he was born in Berlin, and educated there. He then taught in various colleges until, in 1865, he was appointed professor of classical philology in the university of Berlin, where he remained for the rest of his life. Kirchhoff's scientific studies covered a wide range in linguistics, antiquities, and Greek epigraphy.

Writings

Die Homerische Odyssee (1859), putting forward an entirely new theory as to the composition of the Odyssey
edition of Plotinus (1856)
edition of Euripides (1855 and 1877–1878), the first critical edition based on a careful collation of all the manuscripts
edition of Aeschylus (1880)
Hesiod (Works and Days, 1881)
Xenophon, Respublica Atheniensium (On the Athenian Constitution; 3rd ed., 1889)
Über die Entstehungszeit des Herodotischen Geschichtswerkes (2nd ed., 1878)
Thukydides und sein Urkundenmaterial (1895).

The following works are the result of his epigraphical and palaeographical studies:

Die Umbrischen Sprachdenkmäler (1851)
Das Stadtrecht von Bantia (1853), on the tablet discovered in 1790 at Oppido near Banzi, containing a plebiscite relating to the municipal affairs of the ancient Bantia (the Stadtrecht)
Das Gotische Runenalphabet (1852)
Die Fränkischen Runen (1855)
Studien zur Geschichte des Griechischen Alphabets (4th ed., 1887).

The second part of vol. iv. of the Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum (1859, containing the Christian inscriptions) and vol. i. of the Corpus Inscriptionum Atticarum (1873, containing the inscriptions before 403) with supplements thereto (vol. iv. pts. 13, 1877–1891) are edited by him. From 1860 to 1902, he was in charge of the Inscriptiones Graecae. He edited Hermes (1866–81).

Notes

References

"Kirchhoff, Adolf". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Kirchhoff, Johann Wilhelm Adolf". Encyclopedia Americana.

"Kirchhoff, Johann Wilhelm Adolf". The American Cyclopædia. 1879.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kirchhoff, Johann Wilhelm Adolf". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 64119196 LCCN: nr96015351 ISNI: 0000 0001 0858 1143 GND: 116182431 BNF: cb12550226k

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Name	Kirchhoff, Adolf
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Short description	German classical scholar and epigraphist.
Date of birth	6 January 1826
Place of birth	Berlin
Date of death	26 February 1908
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