Bähr

Bähr, JOHANN CHRISTIAN FELIX, classical scholar, was born at Darmstadt in 1798, and educated at Heidelberg gymnasium and university, of which last he became ordinary professor of Classical Philology in 1823. His chief work is his Geschichte der römischen Litteratur (1828; 4th ed. 1868-70), which is noted for its clearness and comprehensiveness. Three supplements to this work deal with the Christian Poets and Historians of Rome (1836), the Christian-Roman Theology (1837), and the History of Roman Literature in the Carolingian Period (1840). His edition of Herodotus (2d ed. 1855-61) is also noteworthy. He died 27th November 1872.