Döderlein, LUDWIG

Döderlein, LUDWIG, philologist, born at Jena, 19th December 1791, studied at Munich, Heidelberg, Erlangen, and Berlin, and in 1815 was appointed professor of Philology at the academy of Bern. In 1819 he went as second professor of Philology to Erlangen, where in 1827 he became first professor and also director of the philological seminary. He died there, 9th November 1863. His principal works were on Latin synonyms (6 vols. 1826-38), on Latin etymology (1836 and 1841), a Homeric glossary (3 vols. 1850-58), and editions of the Iliad, Tacitus, &c.