Passow,

Passow, FRANZ, scholar, born at Ludwigshust in Mecklenburg, 20th September 1786, was educated at Gotha and Leipzig, and in 1815 became professor of Archaeology at Breslau, in 1829 director also of the museum of art there. He died 11th March 1833. His Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache (1819-24; 5th ed. 1841-57) is the work that preserves his memory, and formed the basis of Liddell and Scott's Greek Lexicon. See his Life by Wachler (Bresl. 1839).