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Hermann Diels
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German classical scholar (1848–1922)
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Hermann Alexander Diels was a German classical philologist, university teacher, and philosophy historian. Born in Biebrich on 18 May 1848, he was educated at the University of Bonn and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin under doctoral advisor Hermann Usener. He served as a secondary school teacher and later as an employee at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Diels wrote in German and was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the German Archaeological Institute, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
He authored 105 works, including *Die fragmente der Vorsokratiker*, *Maupertuis und Friedrich der Grosse*, *De Galeni Historia philosopha*, and *In Hippocratis Prorrheticum I*. His doctoral student was Felix Jacoby. Diels had three children: Ludwig Diels, Otto Diels, and Paul Diels. He died in Dahlem on 4 June 1922 and is buried at Dahlem Cemetery. He is described in the Svensk uppslagsbok and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 18 May 1848
- Died
- 4 June 1922
- Works
- 105
Top works
- Antrittsrede des Hrn. Kekulé von Stradonitz und Antwort des Hrn. Diels
- Hermann Diels und Carl Robert
- Die fragmente der Vorsokratiker, griechisch und deutsch
- Maupertuis und Friedrich der Grosse
- De Galeni Historia philosopha
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Key facts
- Born
- 18 May 1848, Wiesbaden-Biebrich
- Died
- 4 June 1922 (1922-06-04) (aged 74), Berlin-Dahlem
- Alma mater
- University of Bonn
- Known for
- Diels–Kranz numbering
- Children
- Ludwig Diels, Paul Diels, Otto Diels
- Fields
- Classics
- Institutions
- University of Berlin
- Thesis
- “De Galeni historia philosophia” (1870)
- Doctoral advisor
- Hermann Usener
- Doctoral students
- Felix Jacoby
- Other notable students
- Walther Kranz Margarete Bieber Paul Kretschmer Otto Kern Karl Bürger Alfred Gudeman Maria Timpanaro Cardini Alfred Gercke Eva Sachs
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Empire
- Place of birth
- Biebrich
- Place of death
- Dahlem
- Child
- Paul Diels
- Occupation
- historian
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Hermann Usener
- Field of work
- classical philology
- Image
- Hermann Alexander Diels.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Hermann Alexander Diels
- date of birth
- 1848-05-18
- date of death
- 1922-06-04
- name in native language
- Hermann Alexander Diels
- place of burial
- Dahlem Cemetery
- writing language
- German
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Encyclopedic overview
Hermann Alexander Diels ( German: [diːls]; 18 May 1848 – 4 June 1922) was a German classical scholar, who was influential in the area of early Greek philosophy and is known for his standard work Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. Diels helped to import the term Presocratic into classical scholarship and developed the Diels–Kranz numbering system for ancient Greek Pre-Socratic texts.
Biography
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