Christian August Volquardsen
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Christian August Volquardsen (6 October 1840 in Hadersleben – 1 August 1917 in Kiel) was a German classical historian.
He studied history at the University of Kiel, and from 1864 to 1868 taught classes at the gymnasium in his hometown of Hadersleben. Afterwards, he worked as a schoolteacher in Potsdam, then in 1873 was named a professor of ancient history at the University of Kiel. In 1879 he relocated to the University of Göttingen, and in 1897 returned as a professor to Kiel. In 1909 he received the title of Geheimer Regierungsrat (privy government councilor).[1][2]
Principal works[edit]
- Untersuchungen über die Quellen der griechischen und sicilischen Geschichten bei Diodor, Buch XI bis XVI, 1868 – Studies involving the sources of Greek and Sicilian histories of Diodorus Siculus, Book XI to XVI.
- Rom im Übergange von der Republik zu Monarchie und Cicero als politischer Charakter, 1907 – Rome in passing from the Republic to Empire and Cicero as a political character.
- Aus schleswig-holsteinischer Geschichte, 1907 – On Schleswig-Holstein history.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Lexikon der schleswig-holstein-lauenburgischen und eutinischen ..., Volume 2 by Eduard Christian Scharlau Alberti
- ^ Professoren und Dozenten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
- ^ HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)
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