Ernst Friedrich Poppo (13 August 1794 – 6 November 1866), German classical scholar and schoolmaster, was born at Guben in Brandenburg. He studied at Leipzig.[1]

Ernst Friedrich Poppo
Born(1794-08-13)13 August 1794
Died6 November 1866(1866-11-06) (aged 72)
NationalityGerman
Occupationclassical scholar

In 1818 he was appointed director of the gymnasium at Frankfurt an der Oder, where he died on 6 November 1866, having resigned his post three years before.[2]

Poppo was an extremely successful teacher and organizer, and in a few years doubled the number of pupils at the gymnasium. He is chiefly known, however, for his exhaustive and complete edition of Thucydides in four parts (11 vols., 1821-1840), containing:

  1. A prolegomenon on Thucydides as an historian and on his language and style (English translation by George Burges, 1837), accompanied by historical and geographical essays[3]
  2. The text with scholia and critical notes
  3. A commentary on the text and scholia
  4. Indices and appendices.[2]

For the ordinary student a smaller edition (1843–1851) was prepared; this edition was revised after the author's death by Johann Matthias Stahl (1875–1889).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sandys, John Edwin (17 Feb 2011). A History of Classical Scholarship: The Eighteenth Century in Germany and the Nineteenth Century in Europe and the United States of America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-108-02708-3. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
  3. ^ Thomas, Joseph (1 January 2013). The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. New York: Cosimo, Inc. p. 1828. ISBN 978-1-616-40073-6. Retrieved 12 February 2022.