Reinhold Klotz German classical scholar, was born near Chemnitz

Chemnitz

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 in Saxony

Saxony

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 on the 13th of March 1807. In 1849 he was appointed professor in the University of Leipzig

University of Leipzig

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 in succession to Gottfried Hermann, and held this post until his death on the 10th of August 1870. Klotz was a man of unwearied industry, and devoted special attention to Latin

Latin

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 literature.

He was the author of editions of several classical authors, of which the most important were: the complete works of Cicero (2nd ed. 1869-1874); Clement of Alexandria (1831-1834); Euripides (1841-1867), in continuation of Pflugk's edition, but unfinished; Terence (1838-1840), with the commentaries of Aelius Donatus

Aelius Donatus

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 and Eugraphius. Mention should also be made of Handlehrbuch der lateinischen Sprache (5th ed., 1874); Romische Litteraturgeschichte (1847), of which only the introductory volume appeared; an edition of the treatise De Graecae linguae particulis (1835-1842) of Matthaeus Deverius (Devares), a learned Corfiote (c. 1500-1570), and corrector of the Greek

Greek language

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 manuscripts in the Vatican

Vatican City

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; the posthumous Index Ciceronianus (1872) and Handbuch der lateinzschen Stilistik (1874). From 1831-1855 Klotz was editor of the Neue Jahrbücher far Philologie (Leipzig). During the troubled times of 1848 and the following years he showed himself a strong conservative

Conservatism

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A memoir by his son Richard will be found in the Jahrbücher for 1871, pp. 154f 63.