Bergk, THEODOR

Bergk, THEODOR, a distinguished German classical scholar, born at Leipzig, May 22, 1812. From 1842 to 1869 he was professor of Philology successively at Marburg, Freiburg, and Halle. In the latter year ill-health enforced his retirement, and the remainder of his life was spent in preparing his Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur, of which, however, he finished the first volume only (Berl. 1872), the other three being edited by G. Hinrichs (1883-88). Bergk's chief complete work is his Poëte Lyrici Græci (3 vols. Leip. 1843). He also published numerous papers on philology and editions of individual Greek poets. He died July 20, 1881.